Umatilla Electric Coop Assn, OR
How often Umatilla Electric Coop Assn goes out
Umatilla Electric Coop Assn customers in Oregon had 1 interruptions last year, 2.6 hours total - a bit below the typical US utility's outage time. That is 39% less outage time than the Oregon state average of 4.3 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A typical outage here runs about 2.6 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.
The generator question for Umatilla Electric Coop Assn
Serving 17,097 customers here, Nothing here says you should buy a generator today - Umatilla Electric Coop Assn's record is a little better than most of the country, though it is worth checking your own past outages before ruling one out.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Umatilla Electric Coop Assn files with federal regulators every year - serving 17,097 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Oregon is covered too: see Oregon's full record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.