Power outages by state
Across a decade of EAGLE-I records, Louisiana has the most power-outage exposure of any US state; its customers average about 21.7 hrs without power per year (SAIDI). Arizona has the least, at about 87 min. The full ranking of all 50 states (and DC) with EAGLE-I history is below; lower is better.
| # | State | Avg SAIDI (hrs/yr) | County outages | Worst year | Peak customers out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana | 21.7 hrs | 402,892 | 2021(97.9 hrs) | 1,015,268 |
| 2 | Maine | 19.4 hrs | 107,496 | 2023(38.6 hrs) | 481,891 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 17.5 hrs | 627,505 | 2018(42.5 hrs) | 585,053 |
| 4 | West Virginia | 16.6 hrs | 253,929 | 2024(21.6 hrs) | 162,447 |
| 5 | Michigan | 12.0 hrs | 401,969 | 2021(26.6 hrs) | 873,852 |
| 6 | Florida | 11.0 hrs | 473,899 | 2017(48.8 hrs) | 7,974,154 |
| 7 | South Carolina | 8.7 hrs | 300,737 | 2024(48.3 hrs) | 1,294,179 |
| 8 | Mississippi | 8.2 hrs | 376,638 | 2020(18.3 hrs) | 228,680 |
| 9 | Virginia | 7.6 hrs | 596,732 | 2018(17.4 hrs) | 553,520 |
| 10 | Vermont | 7.6 hrs | 74,303 | 2022(13.6 hrs) | 74,170 |
| 11 | Oklahoma | 7.1 hrs | 373,962 | 2020(27.7 hrs) | 379,391 |
| 12 | Texas | 7.1 hrs | 1,110,741 | 2024(24.4 hrs) | 3,787,625 |
| 13 | Georgia | 7.1 hrs | 847,548 | 2024(25.3 hrs) | 1,291,216 |
| 14 | Arkansas | 7.0 hrs | 365,194 | 2023(13.6 hrs) | 163,448 |
| 15 | New Hampshire | 6.9 hrs | 71,511 | 2017(14.3 hrs) | 250,026 |
| 16 | Oregon | 6.6 hrs | 118,559 | 2021(20.5 hrs) | 340,479 |
| 17 | Kentucky | 6.2 hrs | 513,143 | 2023(14.9 hrs) | 528,390 |
| 18 | Alaska | 6.1 hrs | 25,703 | 2022(13.1 hrs) | 66,842 |
| 19 | Rhode Island | 5.8 hrs | 31,929 | 2017(13.5 hrs) | 149,469 |
| 20 | Washington | 5.5 hrs | 126,356 | 2024(12.1 hrs) | 706,953 |
| 21 | California | 5.5 hrs | 197,312 | 2019(9.3 hrs) | 2,734,535 |
| 22 | Alabama | 5.4 hrs | 359,998 | 2020(21.9 hrs) | 485,028 |
| 23 | Pennsylvania | 5.3 hrs | 412,493 | 2025(9.8 hrs) | 575,013 |
| 24 | Hawaii | 5.2 hrs | 8,890 | 2023(10.5 hrs) | 66,563 |
| 25 | New Jersey | 5.1 hrs | 143,669 | 2020(17.4 hrs) | 1,373,895 |
| 26 | Ohio | 5.0 hrs | 566,866 | 2024(9.0 hrs) | 519,216 |
| 27 | Tennessee | 5.0 hrs | 343,276 | 2023(11.1 hrs) | 365,501 |
| 28 | Massachusetts | 4.5 hrs | 109,796 | 2018(12.5 hrs) | 716,141 |
| 29 | Iowa | 4.4 hrs | 320,651 | 2020(27.3 hrs) | 487,454 |
| 30 | Missouri | 4.4 hrs | 409,761 | 2023(9.4 hrs) | 177,283 |
| 31 | Indiana | 4.1 hrs | 393,084 | 2025(6.4 hrs) | 226,126 |
| 32 | New York | 4.0 hrs | 336,058 | 2020(10.4 hrs) | 1,173,487 |
| 33 | Montana | 3.7 hrs | 53,951 | 2024(8.5 hrs) | 95,420 |
| 34 | Nebraska | 3.7 hrs | 68,579 | 2024(12.1 hrs) | 219,263 |
| 35 | Idaho | 3.4 hrs | 94,878 | 2021(5.6 hrs) | 90,415 |
| 36 | Wisconsin | 3.2 hrs | 312,435 | 2021(4.7 hrs) | 174,130 |
| 37 | Maryland | 3.2 hrs | 149,120 | 2022(5.5 hrs) | 353,911 |
| 38 | Utah | 3.1 hrs | 79,766 | 2020(8.6 hrs) | 180,036 |
| 39 | Kansas | 3.1 hrs | 259,701 | 2023(4.3 hrs) | 346,184 |
| 40 | South Dakota | 3.0 hrs | 46,931 | 2022(6.9 hrs) | 76,306 |
| 41 | Minnesota | 2.7 hrs | 214,412 | 2022(4.0 hrs) | 155,534 |
| 42 | Illinois | 2.6 hrs | 449,984 | 2020(5.9 hrs) | 756,576 |
| 43 | New Mexico | 2.6 hrs | 93,398 | 2024(5.2 hrs) | 143,000 |
| 44 | Colorado | 2.6 hrs | 154,351 | 2024(4.7 hrs) | 701,699 |
| 45 | Delaware | 2.5 hrs | 25,581 | 2020(4.3 hrs) | 74,961 |
| 46 | District of Columbia | 2.2 hrs | 10,496 | 2018(4.8 hrs) | 76,819 |
| 47 | Nevada | 1.9 hrs | 51,992 | 2025(3.8 hrs) | 73,664 |
| 48 | Wyoming | 1.9 hrs | 60,372 | 2025(3.7 hrs) | 89,889 |
| 49 | North Dakota | 1.6 hrs | 33,022 | 2023(4.0 hrs) | 32,121 |
| 50 | Arizona | 87 min | 33,660 | 2022(2.0 hrs) | 127,384 |
Territories
Reported on their own: not ranked with the states above.
- Puerto Rico79.1 hrs avg SAIDI (hrs/yr)
- U.S. Virgin Islands59.5 hrs avg SAIDI (hrs/yr)
SAIDI is the average time a customer is without power per year (including major storm days), computed from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I county records; see our methodology. For a single year's detail see the annual reports, or the biggest outages in US history.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.