Rhode Island Power Outage Risk, Electric Utilities & Generator Sizing

Rhode Island households average 1.7 hrs/yr (104 minutes/year) of total blackout duration across 0.90 outages/year (Reliability Grade A — Low Outage Risk), with an average residential electricity rate of 29.77 ¢/kWh.

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Interactive Appliance Load Calculator

⚡ Home Backup Wattage Sizer for Rhode Island

Check the appliances you need to keep running during a blackout. We calculate your continuous running watts, highest motor starting surge, and 20% NEC safety headroom automatically.

Refrigerator / Freezer200W running · 1,200W startup surge

Gas Furnace Blower Fan700W running · 1,500W startup surge

Basement Sump Pump (1/2 HP)800W running · 2,000W startup surge

Wi-Fi Router, Phones & Laptops150W running · 150W startup surge

Medical CPAP / Garage / LED Lights200W running · 400W startup surge

Well Water Pump (1/2 HP, 240V)1,000W running · 2,200W startup surge

Window / Portable AC Unit1,200W running · 2,400W startup surge

Microwave / Coffee Maker1,200W running · 1,200W startup surge

Live Sizing Result (+20% Headroom)

3,000 W

Recommended Minimum Generator / Inverter Rating

1,250 WContinuous Running

2,250 WPeak Motor Surge

Recommended Tier

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Electric Utilities Operating in Rhode Island (EIA Form 861)

Utility Name	Ownership	Customers	Outages/Yr	Annual Outage Time	Avg Restoration	Residential Rate
The Narragansett Electric Co (#13214)	Investor-Owned	332,540	0.90x/yr	104 min (1.7h)	116 min	28.26 ¢/kWh
NextEra Energy Services, LLC (#7279)	Retail Power Marketer	85,764	0.90x/yr	104 min (1.7h)	116 min	11.63 ¢/kWh
SmartEnergy Holdings, LLC (#58956)	Retail Power Marketer	8,190	0.90x/yr	104 min (1.7h)	116 min	16.21 ¢/kWh
Clearview Electric Inc. (#58974)	Retail Power Marketer	5,619	0.90x/yr	104 min (1.7h)	116 min	23.19 ¢/kWh
Town Square Energy (#59059)	Retail Power Marketer	5,265	0.90x/yr	104 min (1.7h)	116 min	17.11 ¢/kWh
Pascoag Utility District (#14537)	Municipal	4,373	0.90x/yr	104 min (1.7h)	116 min	16.52 ¢/kWh
North American Power and Gas, LLC (#58667)	Retail Power Marketer	2,360	0.90x/yr	104 min (1.7h)	116 min	17.28 ¢/kWh
First Point Power, LLC (#59793)	Retail Power Marketer	1,796	0.90x/yr	104 min (1.7h)	116 min	11.89 ¢/kWh
Direct Energy Services (#54820)	Retail Power Marketer	1,730	0.90x/yr	104 min (1.7h)	116 min	13.89 ¢/kWh
Block Island Utility District (#1857)	Political Subdivision	1,629	0.90x/yr	104 min (1.7h)	116 min	39.66 ¢/kWh
Discount Power Inc - (CT) (#59993)	Retail Power Marketer	1,328	0.90x/yr	104 min (1.7h)	116 min	20.94 ¢/kWh
Ambit Energy Holdings, LLC (#56212)	Retail Power Marketer	803	0.90x/yr	104 min (1.7h)	116 min	15.45 ¢/kWh
Energywell LLC (#65310)	Retail Power Marketer	719	0.90x/yr	104 min (1.7h)	116 min	13.63 ¢/kWh
Archer Energy, LLC (#65262)	Retail Power Marketer	421	0.90x/yr	104 min (1.7h)	116 min	13.59 ¢/kWh
XOOM Energy Rhode Island, LLC (#58631)	Retail Power Marketer	271	0.90x/yr	104 min (1.7h)	116 min	15.63 ¢/kWh
Nordic Energy Services, LLC (#59088)	Retail Power Marketer	166	0.90x/yr	104 min (1.7h)	116 min	11.94 ¢/kWh