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Monthly Outage Summary
There were 87 outages affecting 1,049 members in August. The average interruption per customer was 137 minutes. The longest outage was approximately 19 hours, effecting one member, due to tree going down and causing their service pole on the yard to snap off during a storm. The member agreed to stay without power until we could come back in daylight and rebuild their service, which allowed the line crew to continue restoring outages for other members that night. Weather played a bigger part in outages this month as we had a few storms roll through.
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2024 Outage Summary
| January -38 outages, 109 members, 55 avg. minutes per customer -Longest outage was 2 hours-25 minutes (involving 1 member) | February -31 outages, 122 members, 39 avg. minutes per customer -Longest outage was 3 hours-15minutes (involving 1 member) |
| March -50 outages, 58 members, 60 avg. minutes per customer -Longest outage was 5 hours-7 minutes (involving 1 member) | April – 75 outages, 412 members, 79 avg. minutes per customer -Longest outage was 4 hours-1 minute (involving 1 member) |
| May -68 outages, 415 members, 74 avg. minutes per customer -Longest outage was 3 hours-54 minutes (involving 4 members) | June -77 outages, 519 members, 111 avg. minutes per customer -Longest outage was 4 hours-13 minutes (involving 1 member) |
| July -53 outages, 507 members, 103 avg. minutes per customer -Longest outage was 4 hours-19 minutes (involving 2 members) | August -87 outages, 1,049 members, 137 avg. minutes per customer -Longest outage was 18 hours-55 minutes (involving 1 member) |
| September – | October |
| November | December |
What’s causing these outage events (Year to Date):
- Planned: 42.52%
- Maintenance: 17.95%
- Weather: 11.32%
- Animals: 10.86%
- Public: 7.69%
- Unknown: 0.00%
- Equipment: 1.50%
- Other: 8.33%
Most outages affect only one or two members.
Most outages affect only one or two members. They are frequently caused by small animals, trees in the line, equipment failure, or motor vehicle/machinery accidents. Larger outages affecting hundreds of members at a time are usually caused by transmission outages, storms, equipment failure to substation equipment, or accidents. Restoration time on weekends and evening outages, when line crews are called out from home, usually takes a little longer to get back on than outages when crews are already out working on the project.
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McLeod Cooperative Power Association.
We will do our best to update this page as we are notified by our line crew in the field.
To report a power outage or emergency situation:
Call the McLeod Co-op Power at 1.800.927.5685, anytime 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- Check the fuses/breakers in your home or main breaker on the pole, to ensure outage is not caused by equipment or fuse failure on your side of the meter.
- Call your neighbors. Ask if their power is also off and ask if they have reported it yet. Please do not take for granted that the outage has been reported.
- Call McLeod Cooperative Power to report your outage. Be prepared to give your name, address, and telephone number for the account without power.
Be Prepared – Outages Will Happen!
How prepared are you to be without electricity for an extended period of time? Could your family be self-sufficient if the power was out for a week?
Planning ahead can make a huge difference. You do not have to complete survival training; just some critical supplies, and following some important guidelines.
Critical supplies to have at home:
- At least one telephone that does not require electricity to operate or recharge.
- Bottled water (at least 3 gallons per person).
- Flashlights and extra batteries.
- Canned food and a manual can opener.
- First aid kit, prescription medications, candles, matches, and a portable radio.
- Consider investing in a generator.
- Listen to weather updates for freezing rain or severe blizzard conditions.
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