In Ooma’s new analysis, we see that environmental conditions and geographic characteristics drive the power outage patterns across America. The team ranked states by their number of yearly power outages and the average duration.
Maine is the most power outage-prone state, which may be because it’s also the most heavily forested. Falling tree limbs and branches are one of the most common causes of power outages. Much of Maine has a rural infrastructure that’s outdated, and this northern state gets pummeled by winter snow and ice, high surf, and wind on the coast.
Louisiana has the second-highest number of power outages due to its vulnerable hurricane location on the Gulf Coast. Every time there’s a power outage, it lasts about 470 minutes in Louisiana. In 2021, Hurricane Ida caused outages that lasted about 1,297 minutes across the state.
Texas has similar storm impacts and ranks sixth on the outage duration list. Meanwhile, Utah has the lowest outage lengths and a mild climate, solidifying the effect of location and weather on power outage data.
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