Electric shutoffs for nonpayment, by state
That is 9.4 for every 100 residential accounts. Oklahoma was highest at 30.4 per 100 and Wyoming lowest at 1.2. Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Tennessee and California hold 51% of the count. Accounts can be disconnected more than once, so this is not the share of homes.
Disconnections per 100 accounts, by state
- 1.2 to 3.2
- 3.2 to 4.3
- 4.3 to 6.3
- 6.3 to 12.7
- 12.7 to 30.4
Disconnections for nonpayment in 2024 divided by average residential accounts, times 100. Darker is higher. Click a state for its page.
How many of 100 accounts in my state were disconnected?
Counts are disconnection events. One account can be cut off more than once, so 100 accounts can have more or fewer than the rate in distinct homes.
All states in one table
| Alabama | 454,815 | 2,398,847 | 19.0 | 76.3 | 25 | 69 | 29 | 88.7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 7,355 | 299,775 | 2.5 | 28.1 | 9 | 84 | 11 | 92.0 |
| Arizona | 111,773 | 3,133,319 | 3.6 | 20.7 | 17 | 107 | 15 | 95.4 |
| Arkansas | 210,901 | 1,489,876 | 14.2 | 139.9 | 10 | 86 | 27 | 96.9 |
| California | 473,544 | 13,985,134 | 3.4 | 25.7 | 13 | 83 | 27 | 98.6 |
| Colorado | 133,698 | 2,591,228 | 5.2 | 38.4 | 13 | 81 | 30 | 97.2 |
| Connecticut | 68,659 | 1,601,766 | 4.3 | 27.1 | 16 | 95 | 6 | 99.3 |
| Delaware | 30,536 | 492,063 | 6.2 | 23.7 | 26 | 84 | 5 | 94.9 |
| District of Columbia | 15,623 | 318,780 | 4.9 | 68.1 | 7 | 82 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Florida | 2,177,337 | 10,572,548 | 20.6 | 113.9 | 18 | 93 | 34 | 94.8 |
| Georgia | 458,435 | 4,756,508 | 9.6 | 162.7 | 6 | 80 | 49 | 86.3 |
| Hawaii | 13,586 | 446,636 | 3.0 | 35.9 | 8 | 94 | 4 | 100.0 |
| Idaho | 54,645 | 862,794 | 6.3 | 26.1 | 24 | 92 | 12 | 96.0 |
| Illinois | 191,537 | 5,360,195 | 3.6 | 29.5 | 12 | 75 | 30 | 95.2 |
| Indiana | 188,575 | 3,169,452 | 5.9 | 61.5 | 10 | 84 | 43 | 77.6 |
| Iowa | 46,315 | 1,453,931 | 3.2 | 43.0 | 7 | 78 | 47 | 87.5 |
| Kansas | 130,588 | 1,311,978 | 10.0 | 37.8 | 26 | 93 | 25 | 83.1 |
| Kentucky | 152,798 | 2,207,268 | 6.9 | 113.5 | 6 | 88 | 38 | 94.2 |
| Louisiana | 397,599 | 2,141,006 | 18.6 | 156.9 | 12 | 88 | 23 | 95.6 |
| Maine | 37,824 | 728,150 | 5.2 | 51.1 | 10 | 87 | 4 | 98.4 |
| Maryland | 83,044 | 2,446,256 | 3.4 | 71.2 | 5 | 72 | 8 | 99.8 |
| Massachusetts | 50,116 | 2,704,513 | 1.9 | 39.6 | 5 | 84 | 19 | 95.1 |
| Michigan | 375,511 | 4,538,689 | 8.3 | 94.3 | 9 | 84 | 28 | 97.5 |
| Minnesota | 88,777 | 2,594,290 | 3.4 | 48.9 | 7 | 89 | 52 | 91.0 |
| Mississippi | 216,447 | 1,353,324 | 16.0 | 121.3 | 13 | 86 | 19 | 77.3 |
| Missouri | 272,912 | 2,938,704 | 9.3 | 76.6 | 12 | 89 | 51 | 92.7 |
| Montana | 9,323 | 523,044 | 1.8 | 12.1 | 15 | 84 | 10 | 81.4 |
| Nebraska | 46,619 | 895,296 | 5.2 | 62.6 | 8 | 86 | 33 | 84.2 |
| Nevada | 185,302 | 1,312,801 | 14.1 | 71.2 | 20 | 88 | 8 | 99.4 |
| New Hampshire | 19,426 | 657,913 | 3.0 | 31.0 | 10 | 79 | 4 | 98.4 |
| New Jersey | 128,828 | 3,732,364 | 3.5 | 65.9 | 5 | 84 | 4 | 97.0 |
| New Mexico | 60,321 | 960,527 | 6.3 | 75.5 | 8 | 50 | 15 | 81.5 |
| New York | 173,612 | 7,095,248 | 2.4 | 70.4 | 3 | 70 | 15 | 98.6 |
| North Carolina | 401,957 | 5,082,629 | 7.9 | 63.1 | 13 | 82 | 47 | 95.7 |
| North Dakota | 14,658 | 397,899 | 3.7 | 31.7 | 12 | 74 | 17 | 94.0 |
| Ohio | 333,650 | 5,181,356 | 6.4 | 91.3 | 7 | 82 | 37 | 96.6 |
| Oklahoma | 572,480 | 1,885,053 | 30.4 | 168.3 | 18 | 61 | 33 | 90.5 |
| Oregon | 85,289 | 1,874,696 | 4.5 | 42.3 | 11 | 92 | 24 | 96.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 258,471 | 5,524,784 | 4.7 | 21.3 | 22 | 82 | 18 | 98.2 |
| Rhode Island | 6,954 | 458,385 | 1.5 | 59.0 | 3 | 88 | 3 | 100.0 |
| South Carolina | 255,522 | 2,575,100 | 9.9 | 84.5 | 12 | 79 | 30 | 94.2 |
| South Dakota | 25,890 | 429,623 | 6.0 | 28.7 | 21 | 91 | 20 | 59.5 |
| Tennessee | 557,648 | 3,167,473 | 17.6 | 117.1 | 15 | 88 | 51 | 84.9 |
| Texas | 3,028,150 | 12,814,619 | 23.6 | 48.9 | 48 | 85 | 75 | 85.4 |
| Utah | 34,083 | 1,277,784 | 2.7 | 20.1 | 13 | 92 | 15 | 89.1 |
| Vermont | 10,558 | 326,028 | 3.2 | 162.3 | 2 | 87 | 4 | 90.1 |
| Virginia | 461,586 | 3,647,370 | 12.7 | 68.1 | 19 | 88 | 17 | 95.9 |
| Washington | 122,752 | 3,323,267 | 3.7 | 27.9 | 13 | 92 | 34 | 96.8 |
| West Virginia | 87,890 | 866,847 | 10.1 | 96.4 | 11 | 80 | 5 | 98.9 |
| Wisconsin | 120,484 | 2,842,305 | 4.2 | 27.0 | 16 | 94 | 62 | 93.0 |
| Wyoming | 3,531 | 284,545 | 1.2 | 23.3 | 5 | 78 | 9 | 76.6 |
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Click a header to sort. The last two ratio columns compare counts that EIA does not match account by account.
Top 15 states by rate
The year month by month
October had the most disconnections (1,490,201, 1.04 per 100 accounts) and July the fewest (967,012, 0.68). EIA's report notes that state, city and utility limits on disconnecting in some months exist; this page does not estimate their effect. In 39 of 51 places the December to February rate was below the June to August rate.
U.S. electric disconnections per month, thousands, 2024
- 977Jan
- 1,047Feb
- 1,077Mar
- 1,254Apr
- 1,186May
- 1,035Jun
- 967Jul
- 1,078Aug
- 1,303Sep
- 1,490Oct
- 1,059Nov
- 975Dec
Biggest swings between months
These states move the most between their quietest and busiest month, measured in disconnections per 100 accounts. The data show the swing, not the reason for it.
| State | Quietest month | Rate | Busiest month | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | July | 0.95 | October | 2.67 |
| Kansas | December | 0.13 | October | 1.66 |
| Nevada | July | 0.33 | October | 1.82 |
| Oklahoma | December | 2.10 | October | 3.34 |
| Louisiana | August | 0.88 | October | 2.05 |
| Virginia | January | 0.55 | May | 1.64 |
| Alabama | February | 1.00 | April | 2.03 |
| Illinois | December | 0.00 | October | 1.01 |
Where the data are thinnest
EIA built each state total from utility reports plus its own adjustment. Adjustments add 6.0% to the U.S. count (804,985 of 13,447,935). They are negative in 5 states (Louisiana, North Carolina, Kentucky, North Dakota, Alaska), where EIA's adjustment line is a subtraction from the utility sum. The six states with the lowest weighted response rates:
| State | Weighted response rate, % | Unweighted response rate, % | Adjustment, % of state total |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 59.5 | 100.0 | +40.3 |
| Wyoming | 76.6 | 75.0 | +23.9 |
| Mississippi | 77.3 | 48.8 | +24.8 |
| Indiana | 77.6 | 89.6 | +7.5 |
| Montana | 81.4 | 80.0 | +9.6 |
| New Mexico | 81.5 | 80.0 | +17.6 |
Largest adjustments by share: South Dakota +40%, Kentucky -28%, Utah +25%, Mississippi +25%, Wyoming +24%, Nebraska +22%.
How to read these numbers
| Term | Meaning in Form EIA-112 |
|---|---|
| Final notice | A notice that service will be disconnected for nonpayment. Counted by month. |
| Disconnection | Involuntary loss of service for nonpayment. EIA did not collect how long it lasted, and voluntary disconnections are left out. |
| Reconnection | Service restored after a disconnection. The same account is not tracked, so reconnections in a month need not match that month's disconnections. |
| Residential customers | Residential accounts on the books in the month. We call them accounts. |
| State Adjustment | EIA's own line between the utility rows and the state total. EIA filled in missing or failed values with a regression model. State totals include it; utility rows do not. |
We take each state total as published, add the twelve monthly disconnection counts, and divide by the mean of the twelve monthly account counts. Monthly rates divide disconnections in a month by accounts in that month, as in EIA Table 6. The U.S. figure divides the sum of the 51 state totals by the sum of their mean accounts. We checked our sums against EIA's own report tables: annual disconnections match for all 51 states and the monthly rates match for 51. Utility rows are rates only where all twelve months of disconnections and accounts are filled in; blank cells in the workbook are item nonresponse and we leave them blank. Rates above 100 per 100 accounts in the utility table mean the utility reported more disconnections than accounts. They are shown as reported.
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Sources
Form EIA-112, Residential Utility Disconnection Survey, calendar year 2024, EIA release page (released 2026-04-14, file retrieved 2026-10-07). Utility file: electric utility-level workbook; report: 2024 Residential Utility Disconnections Report.
SHA-256 of the workbook as retrieved: 96188f7b68946e68fba917e140c01fae9d081d5aba54734bc003dc5c2d60fe0a.
Questions
How many electric disconnections were there in the U.S. in 2024?
13,447,935 residential disconnections for nonpayment, per EIA's Form EIA-112 state totals: 12,642,950 reported by utilities plus 804,985 from EIA's adjustment for nonresponse.
Which state has the most disconnections per account?
Oklahoma: 30.4 per 100 residential accounts. Texas follows at 23.6. Wyoming is lowest at 1.2.
Is this the share of homes that lost power?
No. A disconnection is an event. One account can be cut off more than once in a year, and EIA does not say how many different accounts were cut off.
Does this include outages from storms?
No. EIA-112 counts involuntary disconnections for nonpayment only. Storm and equipment outages are a different dataset; see the major outage reports on this site.
How fresh is it?
The data cover calendar year 2024. EIA released them 2026-04-14 and we retrieved the files 2026-10-07.