Walton Electric Member Corp, GA
How often Walton Electric Member Corp goes out
Georgia's grid here runs a bit rougher than most: 2.7 outages from Walton Electric Member Corp in the most recent year, 5.1 hours total. That is 14% more outage time than the Georgia state average of 4.5 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
At an average of 1.9 hours per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
The generator question for Walton Electric Member Corp
Serving 142,230 customers here, Walton Electric Member Corp customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
Where this number comes from
Walton Electric Member Corp filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Georgia territory, serving 142,230 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Georgia average instead of just this one utility? Georgia's statewide record is here. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.