How long does your power actually stay off?

Every US electric utility reports its outage time to the federal government. We ranked all 752 that filed for 2025. The median American customer loses 3 hours of power a year. Plenty lose far more.

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States that lose power the most

Median utility in each state, worst first.

1Michigan9.9 hrs/yr
2Montana7.5 hrs/yr
3Alaska7.3 hrs/yr
4Virginia6.4 hrs/yr
5Kentucky6.3 hrs/yr
6Arkansas5.4 hrs/yr
7Indiana5.3 hrs/yr
8Washington5.2 hrs/yr

The five worst utilities in the country

1City of Milan - (TN)Tennessee208.9 hrs/yr
2Great Lakes Energy CoopMichigan73.3 hrs/yr
3City of Fremont - (NE)Nebraska51.3 hrs/yr
4Black River Electric Coop - (MO)Missouri48.5 hrs/yr
5Southwest Mississippi E P AMississippi45.6 hrs/yr

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Where these numbers come from

SAIDI/SAIFI/CAIDI as reported by each utility. Rankings use values WITH major event days. Utilities that did not report are omitted entirely rather than counted as zero. Source: EIA Form EIA-861, 2025 data, 752 utilities across 51 states.

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