Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX), TX
Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX)'s outage record
Texas's grid here runs a bit rougher than most: 1.7 outages from Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX) in the most recent year, 3.4 hours total. That is 10% less outage time than the Texas state average of 3.7 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX) looks like
A typical outage here runs about 2 hours - long enough that a battery alone usually will not see you through, but short enough that a fuel-powered portable generator is a reasonable match. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX) customers need a generator
Serving 144,322 customers here, Given how often Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX) goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
How Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX)'s record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX) files with federal regulators every year - serving 144,322 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Texas as a whole, across every utility that filed: Texas's outage record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.