Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (OK), OK
Power reliability at Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (OK)
Oklahoma's record with Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (OK): 1.5 outages in the most recent filing year, 2.5 hours without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 47% less outage time than the Oklahoma state average of 4.8 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A single outage here averages 1.7 hours. That is squarely in battery-power-station range; a fuel generator is overkill for most of these. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 22,979 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (OK)'s record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
How Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (OK)'s record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (OK) files with federal regulators every year - serving 22,979 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Oklahoma average instead of just this one utility? Oklahoma's statewide record is here. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.