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Physical attacks, vandalism and suspicious activity in DOE outage reports

784physical attack, vandalism and suspicious activity reports filed with DOE, 2014 to 2023

32% of the 2,419 reports on file are physical attack, vandalism and suspicious activity filings. The group peaked in 2023 at 155, and California files the most (119). 69 of the 784 list customers, 2 of them 50,000 or more.

Physical attacks, vandalism and suspicious activity: reports by year

The 784 reports break down as 265 in 2014 to 2018 and 519 in 2019 to 2023, a rise of 96%.

physical attack, vandalism and suspicious activity reports a year

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Where physical attack, vandalism and suspicious activity reports are filed

States with the most physical attack, vandalism and suspicious activity reports
StateReportsOf its totalPer million
California11938%3.0
Texas8426%2.8
Washington6941%8.9
Oregon5461%12.7
Utah5287%15.6
Nevada3769%11.8
New York2830%1.4
Idaho2876%14.8
Pennsylvania2633%2.0
Florida1926%0.9
Kentucky1630%3.5
Ohio1421%1.2

Largest customer counts in this group

Among reports that name a single state, the top 10 for physical attack, vandalism and suspicious activity.

Largest reports by customers affected, physical attack, vandalism and suspicious activity
CustomersStateYearHours
110,000Nevada20161.0 h
50,500Massachusetts201617.8 h
40,000New York20167.0 h
34,509New Mexico20213.1 h
27,000Florida20187.6 h
14,096Texas20201.6 h
13,000Nevada20200.4 h
11,770California20218.9 h
11,479Nevada2023—
11,000Washington20201.1 h

What DOE calls these events

35 different DOE labels sit in the physical attack, vandalism and suspicious activity group.

Event-type labels in the physical attack, vandalism and suspicious activity group
TypeReportsOf group
Vandalism38149%
Suspicious Activity16922%
Actual Physical Attack446%
Sabotage354%
Physical Attack - Vandalism334%
Suspicious activity203%
Actual Physical Attack/Vandalism172%
Suspected Physical Attack - Vandalism162%
Suspected Physical Attack152%
Physical Attack71%
Vandalism - Theft71%
Actual Physical Event51%

This group against all reports

physical attack, vandalism and suspicious activity reports by year against all reports
YearGroupAllShare
20147220635%
20154214030%
20164914035%
20174514930%
20185721826%
20198127130%
20209337325%
20219136425%
20229924640%
202315531250%

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Sources

DOE OE-417 files hold 784 physical attack, vandalism and suspicious activity reports; snapshot 9 Dec 2024. The physical attack, vandalism and suspicious activity grouping is ours: method.

Questions

How many physical attack, vandalism and suspicious activity reports are in the OE-417 files?

784 of 2,419 from 2014 to 2023, 32%.

Which state files the most physical attack, vandalism and suspicious activity reports?

California with 119, then Texas (84) and Washington (69).

Is the number of physical attack, vandalism and suspicious activity reports rising?

784 reports in all: 265 in 2014 to 2018 and 519 in 2019 to 2023, a rise of 96%; filing habits shifted over the years.

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784 physical attack, vandalism and suspicious activity reports filed with DOE, 2014 to 2023