We ran our diesel 25 kw generator for 16 hours per day for 5 days this winter. We were lucky, people 40 miles to the north of us were out for weeks. Their small cooperative (4000 customers) suffered through the worst storm in their 81 year history. At one point, not one customer had power, the co-op had 150 miles of line on the ground and it will cost them $10-12 million.
