Whitewater Valley Rural EMC, IN
Whitewater Valley Rural EMC's outage record
Indiana's grid here runs a bit rougher than most: 2.6 outages from Whitewater Valley Rural EMC in the most recent year, 5.3 hours total. That is 8% less outage time than the Indiana state average of 5.7 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
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.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 12,241 customers here, Given how often Whitewater Valley Rural EMC goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report a member-owned cooperative like Whitewater Valley Rural EMC files with federal regulators every year - serving 12,241 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Indiana as a whole, across every utility that filed: Indiana's outage record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.