Willmar Municipal Utilities (MN), MN
How often Willmar Municipal Utilities (MN) goes out
This is one of the steadier grids on file: Willmar Municipal Utilities (MN)'s Minnesota customers went without power for only 16 minutes across 0.4 separate outages last year. That is 91% less outage time than the Minnesota state average of 3 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Willmar Municipal Utilities (MN) looks like
A single outage here averages 41 minutes. That is squarely in battery-power-station range; a fuel generator is overkill for most of these. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
Do Willmar Municipal Utilities (MN) customers need a generator
Most Willmar Municipal Utilities (MN) customers keep power almost all year. Serving 10,610 customers here, You probably do not need a generator unless you already have another reason to want one.
How Willmar Municipal Utilities (MN)'s record was measured
Willmar Municipal Utilities (MN) filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Minnesota territory, serving 10,610 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Minnesota is covered too: see Minnesota's full record. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.