The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) offers the following resources and reports that include information related to unplanned outages or shutdowns of U.S. energy infrastructure.
EIA also publishes data on three metrics of the reliability of annual electricity service in the United States related to non-momentary electricity service interruptions experienced by customers of electricity distribution utilities:
Utility-level data are published in the Reliability file of the Annual Electric Power Industry Report, Form EIA-861 data files. The data are aggregated to the national level and to state levels in the Electric Power Annual, Chapter 11: Distribution System Reliability.
For near real-time information on the effects of major weather-related events on U.S. energy infrastructure, visit the U.S. Department of Energy’s Emergency Response website and its Storm Hub and Hurricane Hub pages.
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Last updated: September 25, 2023.