The document provides an annual report on power outages in the United States in 2012. It finds that 25 million people were affected by 2,808 outages, with an average of 13,442 people impacted per outage. The largest outage was caused by Hurricane Sandy, affecting over 8 million people along the East Coast. Weather events and equipment failures were among the leading causes of outages nationally.

1. Blackout Tracker
United States Annual Report 2012
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2. The Blackout Tracker
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3. About the Blackout Tracker
• This is a summary of the information presented in the Blackout
Tracker Annual Report (available online as a PDF).
• Eaton Corporation has tracked power outage information since
February 16, 2008 in an effort to educate visitors on the causes and
impact of power outages. Although we do our best to track this
information, we cannot guarantee that every power outage is
included
• The Blackout Tracker is based on reported power outages in the
U.S.: news services, newspapers, websites, etc. which often give
statistics using different terms. For example, some reports may be
based on “people” while others may be based on “addresses,”
“homes and businesses” or “utility customers.” For purposes of this
report all of these are assumed to be and are counted as people.
• Submit your own power outage reports online
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4. Other power outage trackers
• Australia / New Zealand
• Canada
• United Kingdom
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5. Introduction
• Two parts to report
• National power outage data
• Power outage data by state
• Power outages affected people in all 50 states in 2012
• 25 million people affected by 2,808 outages.
• In 2011, 41.8 million people affected by 3,071 outages; 17.5
million/3,149 in 2010; 13.5 million/2,840 in 2009, 25.8
million/2,169 in 2008
• Productivity and monetary loss
• Power outage recovery time*
• 33+%>day, 10%>week
• 48 hours to reconfigure network, data re-entry takes days or weeks
• 33% of companies lose $20K to $500K**
• 20% lose $500K to $2M, 15 percent lose > $2M**
source: *Price Waterhouse, **US Department of Energy
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6. Introduction
• Estimated costs for US economy
• $80 billion to $188 billion per year*
• Number of large blackouts growing in number
• Affecting 50k or more people
• 41 in 1991-95, 58 in 1996-2000, 92 in 2001-2005*
• 42 in 2009, 52 in 2010, 109 in 2011, 65 in 2012**
Source: *Technology Leadership Institute blog
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7. Introduction
• Estimated costs for one minute of downtime*
• $241 for lost ATM transaction fees
• $1,483 for airline reservations
• $1,883 for home shopping
• >$40,000 for inability to process credit card
authorizations
• Utilities
• Financial costs
• PR problems – 25% of public believes they should
never experience a power outage**
Source: *TE Connectivity, Gartner research
** PR Newswire
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8. Introduction
• Utilities**
• 45% of people would be willing to pay $10, $20 or
$40 per month to keep outages to 4 hours or less
• Question raised
• Public’s insistence on near-perfect reliability vs.
acceptance of higher rates to upgrade aging grid
• What will we do?
Source: ** PR Newswire
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9. Top outages for 2012
• Top three most significant reported outages
• Hurricane Sandy – 8.1 million people lost power
from Virginia to Maine and west to Michigan
• Summer storm – 3.9 million people affected from
Illinois to Maryland
• Hurricane Isaac – 850 thousand people affected in
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
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10. Top outages for 2012
• Data center outages
• Top five reported data center outages
• George Washington University
• Amazon Web Services
• Equinix
• Superstorm Sandy (multiple data centers)
• Arizona Dept of Economic Security
• According to a 2011 study the average cost of a
data center outage is $505,502.*
*Source: Ponemon Institute.
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11. Top five states with most reported outages
1. California (510)
2. New York (133)
3. Texas (131)
4. Michigan (125)
5. New Jersey (119)
Note: California ranked #1 for 2010 and 2011. New
York and Texas ranked #2 and #3, respectively,
for each of these years.
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12. Top ten most unusual outages/causes
1. A well-deserved retirement for Endeavor – planned
outage necessary for space shuttle Endeavor to travel
to the California Science Center. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
2. Thwarting a suicide attempt – a despondent man
climbed an electric tower and threatened to jump off.
Power was shut off. (Bakersfield, Calif.)
3. Dad’s day disaster – a bicycle chain was hurled at
utility equipment. (Mountain View, Calif.)
4. Let’s talk turkey – a wild turkey flew into power lines.
(Sonoma County, Calif.)
5. Off the beaten track – a Conrail train brought down
utility wires. (Bayonne, NJ)
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13. Top ten most unusual outages/causes
6. Stealing the (spot)light – a suspected Colorado felon
crashed his car into a power pole. (Casper, Wyo.)
7. Veering off the scheduled itinerary – an ultra light
plane crashed into power lines. (Land O’ Lakes, Fla.)
8. What a buzz kill – buzzards roosting on transmission
lines and transformers caused a power outage.
(Fairfield County, Ohio)
9. The smoking gun – a gunshot damaged more than 10
insulators. (Jackson, Mich.)
10. A real snake in the grass – a 6-foot copperhead snake
slithered into equipment and caused major
transmission issues. (Gadsden, Ala.)
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14. Overview of national power outage data
• 24,963,392 = Total number of people affected
by outages
• 74,598 minutes (1,243 hours or 52 days) =
Total duration of outages
• 2,808 = Total number of outages
• 13,442 = Average number of people affected
per outage
• 154 minutes = Average duration of each
outage
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15. Reported power outages by cause
(national data)
Animal
202 Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
953 Overdemand
791
Planned
Theft/Vandalism
Unknown
9
246
159
23 Vehicle Accident
425
Weather/Falling Trees
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16. Top five states outages by cause
Animals Faulty Equipment /
1. California (28) Human Error
2. Michigan (13) 1. California (197)
3. Arizona (10) 2. Michigan (41)
3. Missouri (10) 3. Texas (40)
5. Indiana (9) 4. Massachusetts (38)
5. York (9) 5. New Jersey (34)
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17. Top five states outages by cause
Vehicle Accident Weather/Falling Trees
1. California (46) 1. California (90)
2. Pennsylvania (14) 2. New York (58)
3. Missouri (9) 3. Texas (52)
3. North Carolina (9) 4. New Jersey (48)
3. New Jersey (9) 5. Pennsylvania (44)
3. Ohio (9)
3. Texas (9)
3. Virginia (9)
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18. Reported outages by month
Note: Data collection began February 16, 2008.
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19. Reported outages by region
Note: Data collection began February 16, 2008.
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20. Reported outages by animal type
5 5 2 11
7
17 Squirrel (122)
Bird (42)
Unknown (17)
Raccoon (7)
Snake (5)
42 Cat (5)
122
Rat (2)
Rodent (1)
Ants (1)
National Squirrel Appreciation Day is January 21st.
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21. Pros and cons of underground power lines
• 34% of reported outages caused by weather
and 9% caused by vehicle accidents
• Why aren’t all power lines buried?
• Cost of distribution lines - $1 million/mile (10x
above ground cost)
• Cost of transmission lines - $5 million/mile (10x
above ground cost)
• Underground lines cost more and take longer to
repair
• Underground lines are susceptible to flooding
Source: Entergy Corporation
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22. Power outages by state
• Four parts
• Outage summary
• Outage fact
• Chart of power outages by cause
• Chart of power outages by month
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23. Alabama
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 264,781
Total duration of outages 530 minutes (nearly 9 hours)
Total number of outages 39
Average number of people affected per outage 13,239
Average duration of outage 106 minutes
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
6
Faulty
Equipment/Human Error
17
7 Theft/Vandalism
Unknown
1 Vehicle Accident
5
3 Weather/Falling Trees
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24. Alabama
Reported power outages by month
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25. Alaska
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 5,689
Total duration of outages 1,204 minutes (over 20 hours)
Total number of outages 14
Average number of people affected per outage 1,138
Average duration of outage 241 minutes (just over 4 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
1
3 Animal
3
Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
Planned
1
Vehicle Accident
Weather/Falling Trees
6
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26. Alaska
Reported power outages by month
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27. Arizona
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 92,651
Total duration of outages 1,846 minutes (nearly 31 hours)
Total number of outages 48
Average number of people affected per outage 2,989
Average duration of outage 123 minutes (over 2 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
11 10
Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
Planned
Theft/Vandalism
7 Unknown
11
Vehicle Accident
Weather/Falling Trees
6 2
1
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28. Arizona
Reported power outages by month
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29. Arkansas
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 265,892
Total duration of outages 440 minutes (over 7 hours)
Total number of outages 15
Average number of people affected per outage 24,172
Average duration of outage 88 minutes
Reported power outages by cause
2 Animal
Faulty Equipment/Human
6 2 Error
Planned
Theft/Vandalism
Unknown
3
1 Weather/Falling Trees
1
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30. Arkansas
Reported power outages by month
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31. California
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 1,432,410
Total duration of outages 16,984 minutes (nearly 12 days)
Total number of outages 510
Average number of people affected per outage 3,711
Average duration of outage 210 minutes (3.5 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
28
90
Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
Overdemand
46
197
Planned
Theft/Vandalism
Unknown
111 Vehicle Accident
6 29 3 Weather/Falling Trees
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32. California
Reported power outages by month
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33. Colorado
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 279,376
Total duration of outages 1,424 minutes (nearly 24 hours)
Total number of outages 40
Average number of people affected per outage 9,978
Average duration of outage 102 minutes
Reported power outages by cause
3 Animal
7
Faulty Equipment/Human
4 Error
Planned
15 Unknown
Vehicle Accident
9
Weather/Falling Trees
2
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34. Colorado
Reported power outages by month
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35. Connecticut
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 820,536
Total duration of outages 1,320 minutes (22 hours)
Total number of outages 55
Average number of people affected per outage 23,444
Average duration of outage 264 minutes (over 4 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
6
Faulty Equipment/Human
21 Error
Planned
14
Theft/Vandalism
Unknown
Vehicle Accident
4
6 1 Weather/Falling Trees
3
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36. Connecticut
Reported power outages by month
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37. Delaware
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 79,996
Total duration of outages 220 minutes (over 3.5 hours)
Total number of outages 18
Average number of people affected per outage 5,333
Average duration of outage 110 minutes (nearly 2 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Faulty Equipment/Human
8 8 Error
Unknown
Vehicle Accident
Weather/Falling Trees
1 1
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38. Delaware
Reported power outages by month
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39. Florida
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 356,161
Total duration of outages 892 minutes (nearly 15 hours)
Total number of outages 57
Average number of people affected per outage 10,176
Average duration of outage 81 minutes
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
3
10 Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
26
2 Planned
Unknown
10 Vehicle Accident
6 Weather/Falling Trees
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40. Florida
Reported power outages by month
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41. Georgia
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 23,739
Total duration of outages 1,080 minutes (18 hours)
Total number of outages 37
Average number of people affected per outage 1,696
Average duration of outage 216 minutes (over 3.5 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
3
6 Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
Planned
19
3 Unknown
3 Vehicle Accident
3 Weather/Falling Trees
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42. Georgia
Reported power outages by month
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43. Hawaii
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 74,534
Total duration of outages 1,250 minutes (nearly 21 hours)
Total number of outages 35
Average number of people affected per outage 4,658
Average duration of outage 179 minutes (nearly 3 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
1
6
Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
5 14
Planned
Unknown
Vehicle Accident
8 1 Weather/Falling Trees
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44. Hawaii
Reported power outages by month
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45. Idaho
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 127,242
Total duration of outages 508 minutes (nearly 8.5 hours)
Total number of outages 27
Average number of people affected per outage 5,302
Average duration of outage 85 minutes
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
1
Faulty Equipment/Human
8 Error
7 Overdemand
Planned
Theft/Vandalism
1
Unknown
1
5 1 Vehicle Accident
3
Weather/Falling Trees
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46. Idaho
Reported power outages by month
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47. Illinois
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 680,136
Total duration of outages 1,740 minutes (29 hours)
Total number of outages 76
Average number of people affected per outage 13,603
Average duration of outage 145 minutes (nearly 2.5 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
1
25 20 Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
Planned
Unknown
3
6 Vehicle Accident
21
Weather/Falling Trees
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48. Illinois
Reported power outages by month
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49. Indiana
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 424,918
Total duration of outages 2,875 minutes (nearly 2 days)
Total number of outages 61
Average number of people affected per outage 11,163
Average duration of outage 180 minutes (3 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
9
15
Faulty
Equipment/Human Error
Planned
15 Unknown
6
Vehicle Accident
12 4 Weather/Falling Trees
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50. Indiana
Reported power outages by month
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51. Iowa
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 76,843
Total duration of outages 960 minutes (16 hours)
Total number of outages 23
Average number of people affected per outage 4,520
Average duration of outage 192 minutes (over 3 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
2
Faulty
Equipment/Human Error
10
7 Planned
Unknown
Vehicle Accident
1
1 2 Weather/Falling Trees
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52. Iowa
Reported power outages by month
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53. Kansas
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 88,295
Total duration of outages 393 minutes (over 6.5 hours)
Total number of outages 33
Average number of people affected per outage 4,013
Average duration of outage 66 minutes
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
4
10 Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
Overdemand
10 Unknown
3 Vehicle Accident
5 1 Weather/Falling Trees
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54. Kansas
Reported power outages by month
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55. Kentucky
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 118,793
Total duration of outages 498 minutes (over 8 hours)
Total number of outages 31
Average number of people affected per outage 5,165
Average duration of outage 83 minutes
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
2
Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
11
9 Planned
Theft/Vandalism
Unknown
Vehicle Accident
2 2
1 Weather/Falling Trees
4
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56. Kentucky
Reported power outages by month
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57. Louisiana
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 1,138,448
Total duration of outages 675 minutes (over 11 hours)
Total number of outages 52
Average number of people affected per outage 33,484
Average duration of outage 135 minutes (over 2 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
3
Faulty
8 Equipment/Human Error
Planned
23 2
Theft/Vandalism
1
Unknown
Vehicle Accident
14
1 Weather/Falling Trees
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58. Louisiana
Reported power outages by month
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59. Maine
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 166,295
Total duration of outages 885 minutes (nearly 15 hours)
Total number of outages 24
Average number of people affected per outage 9,782
Average duration of outage 177 minutes (nearly 3 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Faulty
Equipment/Human Error
5
Planned
11
Unknown
2
Vehicle Accident
3
3 Weather/Falling Trees
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60. Maine
Reported power outages by month
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61. Maryland
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 2,220,116
Total duration of outages 250 minutes (over 4 hours)
Total number of outages 55
Average number of people affected per outage 76,556
Average duration of outage 83 minutes
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
1
10 Faulty
Equipment/Human Error
1
Planned
29
Unknown
11
Vehicle Accident
3
Weather/Falling Trees
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62. Maryland
Reported power outages by month
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63. Massachusetts
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 525,885
Total duration of outages 1,343 minutes (over 22 hours)
Total number of outages 74
Average number of people affected per outage 10,996
Average duration of outage 84 minutes
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
1
19
Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
Planned
38 Unknown
6
Vehicle Accident
7
3 Weather/Falling Trees
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64. Massachusetts
Reported power outages by month
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65. Michigan
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 980,097
Total duration of outages 3,767 minutes (over 2.5 days)
Total number of outages 125
Average number of people affected per outage 11,396
Average duration of outage 209 minutes (nearly 3.5 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
13
Faulty Equipment/Human
36 Error
Overdemand
Planned
41 Theft/vandalism
7 Unknown
Vehicle Accident
16
1 2
9 Weather/Falling Trees
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66. Michigan
Reported power outages by month
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67. Minnesota
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 188,255
Total duration of outages 1,340 minutes (over 22 hours)
Total number of outages 39
Average number of people affected per outage 8,185
Average duration of outage 122 minutes (over 2 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
2
Faulty Equipment/Human
12 Error
19 Planned
Unknown
Vehicle Accident
1
4 Weather/Falling Trees
1
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68. Minnesota
Reported power outages by month
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69. Mississippi
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 98,538
Total duration of outages 270 minutes (4.5 hours)
Total number of outages 14
Average number of people affected per outage 9,854
Average duration of outage 45 minutes
Reported power outages by cause
2 Animal
1
Faulty
Equipment/Human Error
Planned
7
3 Unknown
Weather/Falling Trees
1
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70. Mississippi
Reported power outages by month
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71. Missouri
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 56,075
Total duration of outages 2,138 minutes (nearly 1.5 days)
Total number of outages 61
Average number of people affected per outage 2,438
Average duration of outage 79 minutes
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
10
17
Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
Planned
11
Unknown
9 1 Vehicle Accident
Weather/Falling Trees
13
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72. Missouri
Reported power outages by month
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73. Montana
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 44,180
Total duration of outages 1,395 minutes (nearly 1 day)
Total number of outages 25
Average number of people affected per outage 4,909
Average duration of outage 199 minutes (over 3 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
2
6 3 Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
Planned
Unknown
4
8 Vehicle Accident
2
Weather/Falling Trees
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74. Montana
Reported power outages by month
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75. Nebraska
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 43,102
Total duration of outages 765 minutes (nearly 13 hours)
Total number of outages 19
Average number of people affected per outage 3,316
Average duration of outage 128 minutes (over 2 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
3 Animal
8 Faulty
Equipment/Human Error
Planned
6 Vehicle Accident
Weather/Falling Trees
1 1
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76. Nebraska
Reported power outages by month
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77. Nevada
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 123,370
Total duration of outages 60 minutes
Total number of outages 28
Average number of people affected per outage 5,875
Average duration of outage 60 minutes
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
1
7 Faulty
8 Equipment/Human
Error
Unknown
3 Vehicle Accident
9 Weather/Falling
Trees
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78. Nevada
Reported power outages by month
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79. New Hampshire
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 182,786
Total duration of outages 540 minutes (9 hours)
Total number of outages 26
Average number of people affected per outage 12,186
Average duration of outage 180 minutes (3 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
2
8 Faulty
Equipment/Human Error
7
Planned
Unknown
1 Vehicle Accident
6 2
Weather/Falling Trees
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80. New Hampshire
Reported power outages by month
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81. New Jersey
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 3,109,328
Total duration of outages 2,460 minutes (41 hours)
Total number of outages 119
Average number of people affected per outage 38,866
Average duration of outage 154 minutes (over 2.5 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
8
Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
48 34 Overdemand
Planned
Unknown
1 Vehicle Accident
3
9 16 Weather/Falling Trees
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82. New Jersey
Reported power outages by month
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83. New Mexico
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 51,270
Total duration of outages Not reported
Total number of outages 13
Average number of people affected per outage 7,324
Average duration of outage N/A
Reported power outages by cause
2
Animal
5
Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
Planned
4
Weather/Falling Trees
2
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84. New Mexico
Reported power outages by month
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85. New York
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 2,637,792
Total duration of outages 3,368 minutes (over 2 days)
Total number of outages 133
Average number of people affected per outage 28,363
Average duration of outage 146 minutes (nearly 2.5 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
9
Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
30 Overdemand
58
Planned
Theft/Vandalism
1
6 Unknown
1
Vehicle Accident
7 21
Weather/Falling Trees
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86. New York
Reported power outages by month
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87. North Carolina
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 177,596
Total duration of outages 745 minutes (over 12 hours)
Total number of outages 66
Average number of people affected per outage 3,861
Average duration of outage 93 minutes (over 1.5 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
3
9 Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
29 5 Planned
Theft/Vandalism
2
Unknown
9
Vehicle Accident
9
Weather/Falling Trees
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88. North Carolina
Reported power outages by month
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89. North Dakota
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 14,144
Total duration of outages 1,990 minutes (over 33 hours)
Total number of outages 16
Average number of people affected per outage 2,021
Average duration of outage 199 minutes (over 3 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
2
3
Animal
3
Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
Planned
Weather/Falling Trees
8
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90. North Dakota
Reported power outages by month
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91. Ohio
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 1,481,021
Total duration of outages 1,720 minutes (over 28 hours)
Total number of outages 91
Average number of people affected per outage 23,508
Average duration of outage 101 minutes
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
9
29 Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
Planned
28
Unknown
Vehicle Accident
9
2
14 Weather/Falling Trees
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92. Ohio
Reported power outages by month
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93. Oklahoma
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 96,542
Total duration of outages 60 minutes
Total number of outages 34
Average number of people affected per outage 3,862
Average duration of outage 60 minutes
Reported power outages by cause
1 Animal
9 Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
Planned
18 Unknown
1
2 Vehicle Accident
3 Weather/Falling Trees
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94. Oklahoma
Reported power outages by month
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95. Oregon
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 196,062
Total duration of outages 1,100 minutes (over 18 hours)
Total number of outages 59
Average number of people affected per outage 4,782
Average duration of outage 157 minutes (over 2.5 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
2 Animal
14 Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
Planned
32 1 Unknown
5
Vehicle Accident
5
Weather/Falling Trees
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96. Oregon
Reported power outages by month
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97. Pennsylvania
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 1,627,658
Total duration of outages 855 minutes (over 14 hours)
Total number of outages 109
Average number of people affected per outage 24,661
Average duration of outage 86 minutes
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
5
26 Faulty Equipment/Human
44 Error
Planned
Unknown
6
Vehicle Accident
14
14 Weather/Falling Trees
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98. Pennsylvania
Reported power outages by month
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99. Rhode Island
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 145,692
Total duration of outages 280 minutes (over 4.5 hours)
Total number of outages 7
Average number of people affected per outage 24,282
Average duration of outage 280 minutes (over 4.5 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
2
3 Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
Vehicle Accident
Weather/Falling Trees
2
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100. Rhode Island
Reported power outages by month
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101. South Carolina
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 59,197
Total duration of outages 370 minutes (over 6 hours)
Total number of outages 32
Average number of people affected per outage 3,116
Average duration of outage 53 minutes
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
4
Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
12
Planned
Theft /Vandalism
8
Unknown
Vehicle Accident
3 2
2 1
Weather/Falling Trees
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102. South Carolina
Reported power outages by month
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103. South Dakota
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 10,630
Total duration of outages 15 minutes
Total number of outages 8
Average number of people affected per outage 3,543
Average duration of outage 15 minutes
Reported power outages by cause
2
3
Faulty Equipment/Human
Error
Unknown
Weather/Falling Trees
3
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104. South Dakota
Reported power outages by month
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105. Tennessee
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 155,563
Total duration of outages 2,045 minutes (over 34 hours)
Total number of outages 30
Average number of people affected per outage 9,723
Average duration of outage 227 minutes (over 3.5 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
4
Faulty Equipment/Human
12 5 Error
Planned
Unknown
Vehicle Accident
5
2 Weather/Falling Trees
2
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106. Tennessee
Reported power outages by month
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107. Texas
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 724,135
Total duration of outages 1,837 minutes (over 30 hours)
Total number of outages 131
Average number of people affected per outage 9,166
Average duration of outage 122 minutes (over 2 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
7
Faulty Equipment/Human
52 40 Error
Planned
Unknown
Vehicle Accident
3
9 20 Weather/Falling Trees
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108. Texas
Reported power outages by month
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109. Utah
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 129,382
Total duration of outages 1,000 minutes (nearly 17 hours)
Total number of outages 19
Average number of people affected per outage 9,952
Average duration of outage 200 minutes (over 3 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
1
6 Faulty Equipment/Human
5
Error
Planned
Unknown
Vehicle Accident
2
4 Weather/Falling Trees
1
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110. Utah
Reported power outages by month
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111. Vermont
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 46,602
Total duration of outages 550 minutes (over 9 hours)
Total number of outages 13
Average number of people affected per outage 6,657
Average duration of outage 138 minutes (over 2 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
1
1 Animal
Faulty Equipment /
6
Human Error
Planned
3
Theft/Vandalism
Weather/Falling Trees
2
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112. Vermont
Reported power outages by month
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113. Virginia
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 1,607,825
Total duration of outages 1,440 minutes (24 hours)
Total number of outages 76
Average number of people affected per outage 29,233
Average duration of outage 288 minutes (just under 5 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
6
Faulty
14 Equipment/Human Error
32 Planned
Theft/Vandalism
5
Unknown
1
9 Vehicle Accident
10
Weather/Falling Trees
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114. Virginia
Reported power outages by month
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115. Washington
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 566,062
Total duration of outages 3,986 minutes (over 66 hours)
Total number of outages 90
Average number of people affected per outage 9,594
Average duration of outage 249 minutes (over 4 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
6
Faulty
Equipment/Human Error
38 25 Planned
Theft / Vandalism
Unknown
9 Vehicle Accident
3 8 1
Weather/Falling Trees
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116. Washington
Reported power outages by month
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117. West Virginia
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 940,093
Total duration of outages 330 minutes (5.5 hours)
Total number of outages 26
Average number of people affected per outage 52,227
Average duration of outage 165 minutes (over 2.5 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
1
4 Faulty
Equipment/Human Error
1 Planned
12
Theft / Vandalism
1
Unknown
6 Vehicle Accident
1
Weather/Falling Trees
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118. West Virginia
Reported power outages by month
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119. Wisconsin
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 167,945
Total duration of outages 1,585 minutes (over 26 hours)
Total number of outages 67
Average number of people affected per outage 3,110
Average duration of outage 122 minutes (over 2 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Animal
9
Faulty
27 Equipment/Human Error
Planned
21 Unknown
Vehicle Accident
5 4 1
Weather/Falling Trees
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120. Wisconsin
Reported power outages by month
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121. Wyoming
Outage summary
Total number of people affected by outages 16,583
Total duration of outages 660 minutes (11 hours)
Total number of outages 9
Average number of people affected per outage 2,764
Average duration of outage 330 minutes (5.5 hours)
Reported power outages by cause
Faulty Equipment/Human
1 Error
3 1 Planned
Unknown
Vehicle Accident
1 3
Weather/Falling Trees
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122. Wyoming
Reported power outages by month
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