West Florida El Coop Assn, Inc, FL
West Florida El Coop Assn, Inc's outage record
West Florida El Coop Assn, Inc customers in Florida lost power 3.9 times last year, 6.9 hours total - well above the national norm for outage time. That is 490% more outage time than the Florida state average of 70 minutes a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
At an average of 1.8 hours per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 29,439 customers here, This is not a borderline case - West Florida El Coop Assn, Inc's outage record alone is reason enough to get a backup generator before the next one hits.
Where this number comes from
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like West Florida El Coop Assn, Inc files with federal regulators every year - serving 29,439 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Want the Florida average instead of just this one utility? Florida's statewide record is here. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.