Power outages by state
Across a decade of EAGLE-I records, North Carolina has the most power-outage exposure of any US state — its customers average about 23.3 hrs without power per year (SAIDI). Arizona has the least, at about 87 min. The full ranking of all 50 states with EAGLE-I history is below; lower is better.
| # | State | Avg SAIDI (hrs/yr) | Total events | Worst year | Peak customers out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina | 23.3 hrs | 627,505 | 2024(66.1 hrs) | 245,938 |
| 2 | Louisiana | 22.6 hrs | 402,892 | 2021(99.7 hrs) | 204,888 |
| 3 | Maine | 19.4 hrs | 107,496 | 2023(38.9 hrs) | 109,526 |
| 4 | West Virginia | 16.7 hrs | 253,929 | 2024(21.6 hrs) | 59,406 |
| 5 | Michigan | 12.0 hrs | 401,969 | 2021(26.6 hrs) | 311,048 |
| 6 | Florida | 11.1 hrs | 473,899 | 2017(49.3 hrs) | 1,777,800 |
| 7 | South Carolina | 8.9 hrs | 300,737 | 2024(50.1 hrs) | 270,050 |
| 8 | Mississippi | 8.3 hrs | 376,638 | 2020(18.5 hrs) | 97,348 |
| 9 | Virginia | 7.8 hrs | 596,732 | 2018(18.7 hrs) | 136,046 |
| 10 | Vermont | 7.6 hrs | 74,303 | 2022(13.6 hrs) | 21,446 |
| 11 | Texas | 7.3 hrs | 1,110,741 | 2024(25.5 hrs) | 1,660,703 |
| 12 | Georgia | 7.1 hrs | 847,548 | 2024(25.8 hrs) | 178,832 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | 7.1 hrs | 373,962 | 2020(27.7 hrs) | 193,316 |
| 14 | Arkansas | 7.0 hrs | 365,194 | 2023(13.6 hrs) | 74,812 |
| 15 | New Hampshire | 6.9 hrs | 71,511 | 2017(14.3 hrs) | 80,811 |
| 16 | Oregon | 6.6 hrs | 118,559 | 2021(20.6 hrs) | 125,115 |
| 17 | Kentucky | 6.2 hrs | 513,143 | 2023(14.9 hrs) | 141,810 |
| 18 | Alaska | 6.2 hrs | 25,703 | 2022(13.2 hrs) | 66,516 |
| 19 | Rhode Island | 5.8 hrs | 31,929 | 2017(13.5 hrs) | 84,135 |
| 20 | Washington | 5.5 hrs | 126,356 | 2024(12.1 hrs) | 518,386 |
| 21 | California | 5.5 hrs | 197,312 | 2019(9.6 hrs) | 1,717,886 |
| 22 | Alabama | 5.4 hrs | 359,998 | 2020(22.1 hrs) | 143,114 |
| 23 | Pennsylvania | 5.3 hrs | 412,493 | 2025(9.8 hrs) | 270,977 |
| 24 | Hawaii | 5.2 hrs | 8,890 | 2023(10.5 hrs) | 66,478 |
| 25 | New Jersey | 5.1 hrs | 143,669 | 2020(17.5 hrs) | 216,332 |
| 26 | Ohio | 5.0 hrs | 566,866 | 2024(9.0 hrs) | 223,470 |
| 27 | Tennessee | 5.0 hrs | 343,276 | 2023(11.1 hrs) | 155,108 |
| 28 | Massachusetts | 4.5 hrs | 109,796 | 2018(12.6 hrs) | 351,202 |
| 29 | Iowa | 4.4 hrs | 320,651 | 2020(27.4 hrs) | 114,873 |
| 30 | Missouri | 4.4 hrs | 409,761 | 2023(9.4 hrs) | 311,925 |
| 31 | Indiana | 4.1 hrs | 393,084 | 2025(6.4 hrs) | 66,663 |
| 32 | New York | 4.0 hrs | 336,058 | 2020(10.4 hrs) | 599,357 |
| 33 | Montana | 3.7 hrs | 53,951 | 2024(8.5 hrs) | 55,225 |
| 34 | Nebraska | 3.7 hrs | 68,579 | 2024(12.1 hrs) | 157,876 |
| 35 | Idaho | 3.4 hrs | 94,878 | 2021(5.7 hrs) | 45,980 |
| 36 | Wisconsin | 3.2 hrs | 312,435 | 2021(4.7 hrs) | 89,708 |
| 37 | Maryland | 3.2 hrs | 149,120 | 2022(5.5 hrs) | 120,582 |
| 38 | Utah | 3.1 hrs | 79,766 | 2020(8.7 hrs) | 119,719 |
| 39 | Kansas | 3.1 hrs | 259,701 | 2023(4.3 hrs) | 118,716 |
| 40 | South Dakota | 3.0 hrs | 46,931 | 2022(6.9 hrs) | 41,253 |
| 41 | Minnesota | 2.7 hrs | 214,412 | 2022(4.0 hrs) | 84,596 |
| 42 | Illinois | 2.6 hrs | 449,984 | 2020(5.9 hrs) | 279,858 |
| 43 | New Mexico | 2.6 hrs | 93,398 | 2024(5.2 hrs) | 117,576 |
| 44 | Colorado | 2.6 hrs | 154,351 | 2024(4.7 hrs) | 156,331 |
| 45 | Delaware | 2.5 hrs | 25,581 | 2020(4.3 hrs) | 61,872 |
| 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) | 54,821 |
| 48 | Wyoming | 1.9 hrs | 60,372 | 2025(3.8 hrs) | 43,178 |
| 49 | North Dakota | 1.6 hrs | 33,022 | 2023(4.1 hrs) | 20,585 |
| 50 | Arizona | 87 min | 33,660 | 2023(2.1 hrs) | 718,642 |
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.