Wisconsin Public Service Corp, WI
Wisconsin Public Service Corp's outage record
10.5 hours without power across 1.4 outages last year - Wisconsin Public Service Corp's Wisconsin customers are well past the typical US utility's outage time. That is 174% more outage time than the Wisconsin state average of 3.8 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Wisconsin Public Service Corp looks like
7.3 hours is this grid's average outage length - long enough that a standby generator, not a portable or battery unit, is the more realistic fit. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
Do Wisconsin Public Service Corp customers need a generator
Serving 469,667 customers here, This is not a borderline case - Wisconsin Public Service Corp's outage record alone is reason enough to get a backup generator before the next one hits.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report an investor-owned utility like Wisconsin Public Service Corp files with federal regulators every year - serving 469,667 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Wisconsin is covered too: see Wisconsin's full record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.