How long does your power actually stay off?
Every US electric utility reports its outage time and its residential prices to the federal government. We ranked all 752 that filed for 2025. The median American customer loses 3 hours of power a year and pays $147.18 a month for the rest.
States that lose power the most
Median utility in each state, worst first.
The five worst utilities in the country
- 1City of Milan - (TN)Tennessee208.9 hrs/yr
- 2Great Lakes Energy CoopMichigan73.3 hrs/yr
- 3City of Fremont - (NE)Nebraska51.3 hrs/yr
- 4Black River Electric Coop - (MO)Missouri48.5 hrs/yr
- 5Southwest Mississippi E P AMississippi45.6 hrs/yr
States with the highest electric bills
Average residential bill per month, most expensive first.
- 1Hawaii$207.89/mo
- 2Connecticut$206.46/mo
- 3Maryland$184.42/mo
- 4Alabama$184.31/mo
- 5Massachusetts$181.08/mo
- 6Texas$170.95/mo
- 7Florida$167.86/mo
- 8Mississippi$166.05/mo
Paying more for worse power
Utilities that charge above the median and keep their customers in the dark longer than the median. Rate sites have the prices, regulators have the outages, and nobody puts them in one table.
- 1Great Lakes Energy CoopMichigan20.32¢ · 73.3 hrs off
- 2Southwest Mississippi E P AMississippi15.34¢ · 45.6 hrs off
- 3Black Hills Electric Coop, IncSouth Dakota14.79¢ · 41.4 hrs off
Where these numbers come from
SAIDI/SAIFI/CAIDI as reported by each utility. Rankings use values WITH major event days. Utilities that did not report are omitted entirely rather than counted as zero. Source: EIA Form EIA-861, 2025 data, 752 utilities across 51 states.
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