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States with the most major outage reports

Texasis named in the most DOE outage reports, 2014 to 2023 (355)

Per million residents the ranking changes: Vermont leads with 85.2 reports, then Maine (60.3) and Rhode Island (52.0). Texas has the most reports listing 50,000 or more customers (99). A bigger count can mean more filing, not a worse grid.

Where does your state stand?

Pick a state to see where it ranks.

By number of reports

reports naming the state, 2014 to 2023

  1. 1Texas355
  2. 2California327
  3. 3Washington174
  4. 4Michigan113
  5. 5Louisiana101
  6. 6New York98
  7. 7Oregon90
  8. 8Maine83
  9. 9Pennsylvania81
  10. 10Florida78
  11. 11Massachusetts73
  12. 12North Carolina72
  13. 13Ohio67
  14. 14Arkansas64
  15. 15Mississippi62
  16. 16Missouri61
  17. 17Utah60
  18. 18Georgia59
  19. 19Connecticut58
  20. 20New Hampshire58
  21. 21South Carolina58
  22. 22Rhode Island57
  23. 23Vermont55
  24. 24Nevada54
  25. 25Kentucky53
  26. 26Tennessee53
  27. 27Alabama51
  28. 28Illinois50
  29. 29Oklahoma49
  30. 30Wisconsin46
  31. 31Minnesota44
  32. 32Virginia41
  33. 33Idaho39
  34. 34Colorado38
  35. 35Maryland38
  36. 36Nebraska35
  37. 37New Jersey34
  38. 38West Virginia32
  39. 39Indiana31
  40. 40Kansas31
  41. 41North Dakota31
  42. 42New Mexico28
  43. 43Arizona26
  44. 44Delaware25
  45. 45Iowa20
  46. 46Montana18
  47. 47Wyoming18
  48. 48South Dakota14
  49. 49District of Columbia9
  50. 50Alaska0
  51. 51Hawaii0

Per million residents

reports per million residents

  1. 1Vermont85.2
  2. 2Maine60.3
  3. 3Rhode Island52.0
  4. 4New Hampshire41.8
  5. 5North Dakota39.8
  6. 6Wyoming31.0
  7. 7Delaware24.9
  8. 8Washington22.5
  9. 9Louisiana21.9
  10. 10Oregon21.2
  11. 11Arkansas21.1
  12. 12Mississippi21.0
  13. 13Idaho20.6
  14. 14Utah18.0
  15. 15West Virginia17.9
  16. 16Nebraska17.8
  17. 17Nevada17.2
  18. 18Montana16.3
  19. 19Connecticut16.1
  20. 20South Dakota15.6
  21. 21District of Columbia13.4
  22. 22New Mexico13.2
  23. 23Oklahoma12.3
  24. 24Texas12.0
  25. 25Kentucky11.7
  26. 26Michigan11.2
  27. 27South Carolina11.1
  28. 28Kansas10.6
  29. 29Massachusetts10.4
  30. 30Alabama10.1
  31. 31Missouri9.9
  32. 32California8.3
  33. 33Wisconsin7.8
  34. 34Minnesota7.7
  35. 35Tennessee7.6
  36. 36North Carolina6.8
  37. 37Colorado6.5
  38. 38Iowa6.3
  39. 39Pennsylvania6.2
  40. 40Maryland6.2
  41. 41Ohio5.7
  42. 42Georgia5.5
  43. 43New York4.9
  44. 44Virginia4.7
  45. 45Indiana4.6
  46. 46Illinois3.9
  47. 47New Jersey3.7
  48. 48Arizona3.6
  49. 49Florida3.6
  50. 50Alaska0.0
  51. 51Hawaii0.0

Reports listing 50,000+ customers

reports that list 50,000 or more customers

  1. 1Texas99
  2. 2Michigan74
  3. 3California72
  4. 4Massachusetts46
  5. 5Washington44
  6. 6Rhode Island44
  7. 7North Carolina42
  8. 8Connecticut42
  9. 9Maine40
  10. 10Vermont40
  11. 11New Hampshire39
  12. 12Louisiana37
  13. 13South Carolina37
  14. 14Ohio30
  15. 15Pennsylvania27
  16. 16Missouri27
  17. 17New York26
  18. 18Arkansas26
  19. 19Virginia25
  20. 20Alabama24
  21. 21Mississippi23
  22. 22West Virginia22
  23. 23Georgia21
  24. 24Tennessee19
  25. 25Illinois18
  26. 26Florida17
  27. 27Kentucky16
  28. 28Oklahoma15
  29. 29Wisconsin15
  30. 30New Jersey15
  31. 31Kansas15
  32. 32Maryland14
  33. 33Delaware12
  34. 34Oregon10
  35. 35Minnesota10
  36. 36Indiana10
  37. 37Nevada9
  38. 38Nebraska7
  39. 39Utah4
  40. 40Iowa3
  41. 41Idaho2
  42. 42New Mexico2
  43. 43Arizona2
  44. 44Colorado1
  45. 45North Dakota1
  46. 46Montana1
  47. 47South Dakota1
  48. 48District of Columbia1
  49. 49Wyoming0
  50. 50Alaska0
  51. 51Hawaii0

Many reports, or many big ones?

OE-417 reports against reports with 50,000 or more customers, by state0204060801000100200300400Alaska: 0, 0AKAlabama: 51, 24Arkansas: 64, 26Arizona: 26, 2California: 327, 72Colorado: 38, 1Connecticut: 58, 42District of Columbia: 9, 1Delaware: 25, 12Florida: 78, 17Georgia: 59, 21Hawaii: 0, 0Iowa: 20, 3Idaho: 39, 2Illinois: 50, 18Indiana: 31, 10Kansas: 31, 15Kentucky: 53, 16Louisiana: 101, 37Massachusetts: 73, 46Maryland: 38, 14Maine: 83, 40Michigan: 113, 74Minnesota: 44, 10Missouri: 61, 27Mississippi: 62, 23Montana: 18, 1North Carolina: 72, 42North Dakota: 31, 1Nebraska: 35, 7New Hampshire: 58, 39New Jersey: 34, 15New Mexico: 28, 2Nevada: 54, 9New York: 98, 26Ohio: 67, 30Oklahoma: 49, 15Oregon: 90, 10Pennsylvania: 81, 27Rhode Island: 57, 44South Carolina: 58, 37South Dakota: 14, 1Tennessee: 53, 19Texas: 355, 99TXUtah: 60, 4Virginia: 41, 25Vermont: 55, 40Washington: 174, 44Wisconsin: 46, 15West Virginia: 32, 22Wyoming: 18, 0all reportsreports with 50K+ customers

States above the line have more large-customer reports than their report count suggests; those below file many reports of other kinds, such as vandalism or suspicious activity.

How to read the ranking

Each row is one report a utility or grid operator filed with DOE, not one blackout. A report can name several states, and the same outage can be filed more than once. Customer counts are as filed; many reports leave them blank. A state with many utilities that file carefully looks worse than one that files rarely. For outage minutes per customer use the SAIDI ranking, and for major-event minutes the major events ranking.

Sources

Counts come from the yearly DOE OE-417 files, 9 Dec 2024 copy; residents from ACS 5-year estimates. Full list on the hub.

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Questions

Which state has the most DOE outage reports overall?

Texas (355), then California (327) and Washington (174), 2014 to 2023.

Which state has the fewest reports?

Hawaii has 0 and Alaska 0 in these files.

Is a high rank bad?

Not necessarily. Reports depend on the number and size of utilities, weather and how carefully each files. Use the rank as a prompt to read the state page, not as a grade.

Which ranking should I trust?

Per million residents removes the effect of state size. Reports with 50,000 or more customers are closest to what people think of as a major outage.

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Texas is named in the most DOE outage reports, 2014 to 2023 (355)

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  author = "Electric Consumer",
  title = {States with the most major outage reports, 2014 to 2023},
  year = {2026},
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