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Power outage map today

See live power outage reports from users near you across the United States.

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Reported outages in the last 24 hours

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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 Edison19 min20240.1120243.7 MDec 2025138,590 mi72% undergroundNew YorkElectricityGasSteamTransmission
FPL45.7 min20240.4420246 M+202580,400 miend of 2023FloridaGenerationTransmissionDistribution
PECO59.3 min20250.6720251.7 MDec 202522,870 mi43% undergroundPennsylvaniaTransmissionDistributionSupplyGas
Eversource66.1 min2024, NSTAR Electric0.642024, NSTAR Electric3.49 MDec 202559,870 mi32% underground3 statesTransmissionDistributionGas
Oncor78.1 min20251.120254.11 Mdelivery points, Dec 2025127,398 mi29% undergroundTexasTransmissionDistribution
AES87 / 106 min2024 Indiana / Ohio1.06 / 0.872024 Indiana / Ohio1.07 M533,000 Indiana + 541,000 Ohio, 202529,000 miabout 34% undergroundIndiana, OhioGenerationTransmissionDistribution
We Energies93 min20250.6620251.18 MDec 202546,400 mi58% undergroundWisconsinGenerationDistributionGasSteam
Ameren94 / 121 min2024 Missouri / Illinois0.67 / 0.912024 Missouri / Illinois2.5 M1.3 M Missouri + 1.2 M Illinois, 202580,341 mi25% underground in Missouri, 16% in IllinoisMissouri, IllinoisGenerationTransmissionDistributionGas
PPL Electric115.6 min20250.7720251.5 MDec 202545,762 mi20% undergroundPennsylvaniaTransmissionDistributionSupply
National Grid140 min2025 NY, MA 91 min1.112025 NY, MA 0.843.1 M2025: 1.7 M NY, 1.4 M MA2 statesGenerationTransmissionDistributionGas
CenterPoint151 min2025 Houston1.772025 Houston3.01 MDec 202566,733 miHouston 59,559 mi (half underground) + Indiana 7,174 miTexas, IndianaGenerationTransmissionDistributionGas
DTE Energy151 min20251.0720252.3 M202545,994 mi32% undergroundMichiganGenerationDistributionGas
Georgia Power155 min20251.4420252.83 MDec 202580,865 miDec 2025GeorgiaGenerationTransmissionDistribution
Consumers Energy163 min20250.8820251.9 M202597,785 mi10% undergroundMichiganGenerationDistributionGas
Duke Energy168 min2024, Duke Energy Carolinas (NC)1.242024, Duke Energy Carolinas (NC)8.7 M2025288,100 mi41% underground6 statesGenerationTransmissionDistributionGas
PSE178 min20251.120251.26 MDec 2025WashingtonGenerationTransmissionDistributionGas
Entergy213 min2024, Entergy Louisiana1.552024, Entergy Louisiana3.06 MDec 2025106,400 mi4 statesGenerationTransmissionDistribution
JCP&L255 min20241.9520241.2 M202524,892 miDec 2025New JerseyTransmissionDistribution
PG&E276 min20241.8320245.66 M2025 average109,000 mi27% undergroundCaliforniaGenerationTransmissionDistributionGas
MLGW283 min20251.992025446,000Dec 2025Shelby CountyDistributionGasWater
Evergy1.7 M202561,300 mi27% undergroundKansas, MissouriGenerationTransmissionDistribution
  1. 1Outage time — SAIDI, the total time an average customer spent without power over the year, in minutes.
  2. 2Outages — SAIFI, the number of outages an average customer had over the year (1.5 means one or two outages).
  3. Outage figures leave out major events such as hurricanes and ice storms, as each utility reports them.

Power outage in my area or just my house?

Is it the grid or just your home?

  • 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.
  • Avoid: Don't run a generator indoors: keep it outside, at least 20 feet from windows and doors.
SourceFERC: power blackouts

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

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.