Every power outage in the U.S. tracked over a decade, falls into eight categories — but the one that affects people the most is weather.

Animal     Faulty Equipment/Human Error     Overdemand     Planned       Theft/Vandalism     Unknown     Vehicle Accident     Weather/Falling Tree

SOURCE: The Eaton Blackout Tracker

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Original historical values from the 2019 project.

Power outage causes
MeasureCausePercent
Total OutagesAnimal5.79
Total OutagesFaulty Equipment/Human Error26.49
Total OutagesOverdemand0.17
Total OutagesPlanned5.46
Total OutagesTheft/Vandalism0.65
Total OutagesUnknown18.38
Total OutagesVehicle Accident10.31
Total OutagesWeather/Falling Tree32.75
Affected CustomersAnimal2.31
Affected CustomersFaulty Equipment/Human Error17.88
Affected CustomersOverdemand0.2
Affected CustomersPlanned0.81
Affected CustomersTheft/Vandalism0.24
Affected CustomersUnknown5.04
Affected CustomersVehicle Accident1.74
Affected CustomersWeather/Falling Tree71.77

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