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US Power Outage Burden by State, 2013–2025
State-by-year electric reliability (SAIDI/SAIFI, with and without major event days) and DOE-417 grid disturbance counts for the 50 US states and DC, compiled by Backup Generator Guide from public-domain US government data.
- Source page: https://backupgeneratorguide.com/data/power-outages-by-state/
- Canonical record (Zenodo, DOI): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23548861
- Site: https://backupgeneratorguide.com/
- Data retrieved: October 21, 2026. Package updated: October 25, 2026. Version 1.0.0 (same files as the Zenodo record).
- License: CC BY 4.0 for the compilation; EIA-861 and DOE-417 data are US public domain (see
LICENSE).
Files
| File | Rows | Contents |
|---|---|---|
data/state-reliability-saidi-saifi-2013-2025.csv |
663 | Main table: customer-weighted SAIDI/SAIFI per state per year |
data/national-reliability-2013-2025.csv |
13 | National figures, same method |
data/eia861-utility-reliability-2013-2025.csv |
13,155 | Utility-level EIA-861 inputs |
data/state-doe417-event-summary-2013-2025.csv |
676 | DOE-417 event counts per state per year |
data/doe417-events-2013-2025.csv |
3,876 | Event-level DOE-417 rows |
data/doe417-unmatched-areas.csv |
62 | Events with no identifiable US state (excluded from totals) |
data/validation-vs-eia-state-totals.csv |
153 | Comparison with EIA's own state totals, 2023–2025 |
DATA-DICTIONARY.md, METHODS.md, FINDINGS.md, CITATION.cff |
Documentation | |
summarize.py |
Loads the main table and prints a summary (Python 3, standard library) |
Raw federal downloads and the build script are in the Zenodo record.
Usage
python3 summarize.py # latest year
python3 summarize.py 2020 # a given year
How to cite
Backup Generator Guide (2026). US Power Outage Burden by State, 2013–2025 [Data set]. https://backupgeneratorguide.com/data/power-outages-by-state/. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23548861. Built from U.S. Energy Information Administration Form EIA-861 and U.S. Department of Energy Form DOE-417 data.
Please also credit EIA and DOE as the original sources.
Caveats
Utilities self-report and not all report; Puerto Rico and territories are not in the reliability table; DOE-417 reporting rules changed over time, so event counts are not strictly comparable across years; DOE-417 customer counts are utility estimates and can overlap. See METHODS.md.
