We are at the fourth from the end leg of a 28 user run on a dead-end road, that oddly enough is supplied from that dead end. With the run ended near the road's opening. These homes were here decades before the "town" of Union expanded to near us, and all the newer stuff is supplied by newer runs that end about a hundred yards from where ours ends.
Our power used to go out a LOT, maybe once a month. Sometimes for hours at a time. The guy we bought the house from told us about this, and told me a small generator and backup heat source would be a good idea. The first winter we were here, on a nice 9 F night, I woke up at around 2am and I was shivering.... even snuggled up next to my very pregnant wife, LOL. No idea how long the electric had been down, but long enough it was about 45 in the house.
Fast forward many years later, and when my younger son was finally able to come home after an 18 month hospital stay, he was tethered to equipment that required electricity... and while it all had battery backup, the backup was really just to allow you to move from one outlet to another. When the home health care coordinator asked us about our home's electrical reliability, my wife and I both literally winced. She gave us a number to call the local power company, to get our house placed on a special priority list. I was dubious that this would work, didn't even know it was a thing, but guess what? THAT WEEK, a bunch of bucket trucks were swarming around our area, and amazingly our electric reliability improved from that point on. But just recently we've had some issues, and it looks like they are installing all new poles and maybe they'll tie the 28 of us older homes into the newer run. We'll see.
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