Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp., MI
Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp.'s outage record
20.8 hours without electricity across 2.5 separate outages - Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp.'s record for Michigan puts it near the bottom of every utility on file. That is 86% more outage time than the Michigan state average of 11.2 hours a year.
How long a single Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp. outage runs
A single outage here runs long, about 8.5 hours on average - past what a battery or portable unit comfortably covers, which is where a standby generator with its own fuel line matters. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
The generator question for Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp.
Serving 37,440 customers here, Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp. is among the least reliable grids in the country on file. You should get a generator here; going without one means betting against the grid's own filed history.
Where this number comes from
Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp. filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Michigan territory, serving 37,440 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Michigan is covered too: see Michigan's full record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.