answer:PSNH (Public Service New Hampshire) One or two a year. 99% are from storms. The issue of an outage a a few minutes or hours is no big deal after you have to go a week without because of weather. 2008 Ice Storm – 8 days out – 1.7 Million people outage 2010 Wind Storm – 3 days out – 2011 Hurricane Irene – 1 day – 4 Million people outage (across many states and companies) 2011 Snowtober – 4 days – 3 Million people outage (across many states and companies) Needless to say, I own a generator