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Power outage: tips and mistakes to avoid

What to do in a power outage?

To do: Check your breaker panel: if the main breaker has tripped, unplug appliances and reset it.
To do: Ask your neighbors if they have power: if not, the outage is on the utility's network.
To do: Report it on your utility's outage map or by phone.
To do: Turn off or unplug appliances and electronics: power may return with damaging surges.
To do: Keep the fridge closed: it keeps food cold about 4 hours, a full freezer about 48 hours.
To do: Use flashlights for light.
To do: Rely on a powered medical device? Plan with your provider for power outages.
Avoid: Don't use a gas stove or oven to heat your home: it raises the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Avoid: Don't run a generator indoors: keep it outside, at least 20 feet from windows and doors.

SourceFERC: power blackouts

Which utility keeps the lights on best?

Con Edison customers lose 19 minutes of power a year on average, against 283 minutes at MLGW. Duke Energy is the largest utility, with 8.7 million customers. Sort the table by any column to compare the 21 utilities.


Con Edison	19 minSAIDI 2024, excl. major storms	0.11SAIFI per customer, 2024	3.7 MDec 2025	138,590 mi72% underground	New York	ElectricityGasSteamTransmission
FPL	45.7 minSAIDI 2024, excl. major events	0.44SAIFI per customer, 2024	6 M+customer accounts, 2025	80,400 miend of 2023	Florida	GenerationTransmissionDistribution
PECO	59.3 minSAIDI 2025 early release, excl. major events	0.67SAIFI per customer, 2025 early release	1.7 Melectric, Dec 2025	22,870 mi43% underground	Pennsylvania	TransmissionDistributionSupplyGas
Eversource	66.1 minSAIDI 2024, NSTAR Electric, excl. major events	0.64SAIFI 2024, NSTAR Electric	3.49 Melectric, Dec 2025	59,870 micircuit miles, 32% underground	3 states	TransmissionDistributionGas
Oncor	78.1 minSAIDI 2025, excl. storms	1.1SAIFI per customer, 2025	4.11 Mdelivery points, Dec 2025	127,398 mi29% underground	Texas	TransmissionDistribution
AES	87 / 106 minSAIDI 2024 Indiana / Ohio, excl. major events	1.06 / 0.87SAIFI 2024 Indiana / Ohio, excl. major events	1.07 M533,000 Indiana + 541,000 Ohio, 2025	29,000 miabout 34% underground	Indiana, Ohio	GenerationTransmissionDistribution
We Energies	93 minSAIDI 2025 early release, excl. major events	0.66SAIFI per customer, 2025 early release	1.18 Melectric, Dec 2025	46,400 mi58% underground	Wisconsin	GenerationDistributionGasSteam
Ameren	94 / 121 minSAIDI 2024 Missouri / Illinois, excl. major events	0.67 / 0.91SAIFI 2024 Missouri / Illinois, excl. major events	2.5 M1.3 M Missouri + 1.2 M Illinois, 2025	80,341 mi25% underground in Missouri, 16% in Illinois	Missouri, Illinois	GenerationTransmissionDistributionGas
PPL Electric	115.6 minSAIDI 2025 early release, excl. major events	0.77SAIFI per customer, 2025 early release	1.5 MDec 2025	45,762 mi20% underground	Pennsylvania	TransmissionDistributionSupply
National Grid	140 minSAIDI 2025 NY early release, excl. major events; MA 91 min	1.11SAIFI 2025 NY early release; MA 0.84	3.1 Melectric, 2025 early release: 1.7 M NY, 1.4 M MA		2 states	GenerationTransmissionDistributionGas
CenterPoint	151 minSAIDI 2025 Houston, excl. major events, early release	1.77SAIFI 2025 Houston, excl. major events, early release	3.01 Mmetered electric customers, Dec 2025	66,733 miHouston 59,559 mi (half underground) + Indiana 7,174 mi	Texas, Indiana	GenerationTransmissionDistributionGas
DTE Energy	151 minSAIDI 2025, excl. major events, early release	1.07SAIFI 2025, excl. major events, early release	2.3 Melectric customers, 2025	45,994 mi32% underground	Michigan	GenerationDistributionGas
Georgia Power	155 minSAIDI 2025 early release, excl. major events	1.44SAIFI per customer, 2025 early release	2.83 Mretail customers, Dec 2025	80,865 midistribution lines, Dec 2025	Georgia	GenerationTransmissionDistribution
Consumers Energy	163 minSAIDI 2025, excl. major events, early release	0.88SAIFI 2025, excl. major events, early release	1.9 Melectric customers, 2025	97,785 mi10% underground	Michigan	GenerationDistributionGas
Duke Energy	168 minSAIDI 2024, Duke Energy Carolinas (NC), excl. major events	1.24SAIFI 2024, Duke Energy Carolinas (NC)	8.7 Melectric, 2025	288,100 miconductor miles, 41% underground	6 states	GenerationTransmissionDistributionGas
PSE	178 minSAIDI 2025 early release, excl. major events	1.1SAIFI per customer, 2025 early release	1.26 Melectric, Dec 2025		Washington	GenerationTransmissionDistributionGas
Entergy	213 minSAIDI 2024, Entergy Louisiana, excl. major events	1.55SAIFI 2024, Entergy Louisiana	3.06 MDec 2025	106,400 micircuit miles	4 states	GenerationTransmissionDistribution
JCP&L	255 minSAIDI 2024, excl. major events	1.95SAIFI per customer, 2024	1.2 Mdistribution customers, 2025	24,892 mioverhead and underground, Dec 2025	New Jersey	TransmissionDistribution
PG&E	276 minSAIDI 2024, excl. major events	1.83SAIFI per customer, 2024	5.66 M2025 average	109,000 mi27% underground	California	GenerationTransmissionDistributionGas
MLGW	283 minSAIDI 2025 early release, excl. major events	1.99SAIFI per customer, 2025 early release	446,000electric customers, Dec 2025		Shelby County	DistributionGasWater
Evergy			1.7 M2025	61,300 micircuit miles, 27% underground	Kansas, Missouri	GenerationTransmissionDistribution

¹Outage time — SAIDI, the total time an average customer spent without power over the year, in minutes.
²Outages — SAIFI, the number of outages an average customer had over the year (1.5 means one or two outages).
Outage figures leave out major events such as hurricanes and ice storms, as each utility reports them. Sources are listed on each utility’s page.

Who runs and regulates the grid

Reliability in the U.S. depends on a layered system of federal regulators, regional operators and local utilities. Each layer plays a specific role when a problem hits the network.

Federal layer

FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) regulates interstate transmission and wholesale power markets, and approves the reliability standards that apply across the country.
NERC (North American Electric Reliability Corporation) sets and enforces those mandatory reliability standards, and investigates major outage events.
DOE (Department of Energy) funds research and modernization, and coordinates emergency response when a disaster knocks out parts of the grid.

State layer

State public utility commissions regulate local distribution lines and set most of the retail rates you pay.

Regional transmission organizations and ISOs

These independent operators manage regional grids, balance generation and demand minute by minute, and keep the system stable when a plant trips or a line fails. They are the first responders for transmission-level events.

PJM, 13 Mid-Atlantic and Midwest states plus DC, around 65 million people and 165 GW peak demand.
MISO, 15 states from the Great Lakes to the Gulf plus Manitoba, around 45 million people and 127 GW peak.
CAISO, most of California plus parts of Nevada, around 30 million people and 50 GW peak.
ERCOT, most of Texas, around 27 million people and 85 GW peak.
ISO-NE, six New England states, around 15 million people and 25 GW peak.
NYISO, New York State, around 20 million people and 32 GW peak.
SPP, 14 central states from North Dakota to northern Texas, around 18 million people and 56 GW peak.

Parts of the Southeast and Northwest sit outside any RTO and rely on vertically integrated utilities and bilateral agreements. In those regions, outage response and capacity planning depend almost entirely on the local utility.