Wood County Electric Coop, Inc, TX
Power reliability at Wood County Electric Coop, Inc
15.6 hours without electricity across 4.3 separate outages - Wood County Electric Coop, Inc's record for Texas puts it near the bottom of every utility on file. That is 316% more outage time than the Texas state average of 3.7 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Wood County Electric Coop, Inc looks like
Outages here average 3.6 hours before power returns. At that length, continuous fuel supply matters more than stored capacity, which favors a standby generator over anything battery-based. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
Do Wood County Electric Coop, Inc customers need a generator
Serving 42,180 customers here, Wood County Electric Coop, Inc is among the least reliable grids in the country on file. You should get a generator here; going without one means betting against the grid's own filed history.
Where this number comes from
Wood County Electric Coop, Inc filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Texas territory, serving 42,180 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in Texas is covered too: see Texas's full record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.