Live Power Outage Map

Search your state, county, city or ZIP code above, or tap your state on the map. Each state and county page shows current outages reported by participating utilities, active National Weather Service alerts, and the electric companies that serve the area. If your utility isn't listed as reporting, check its own outage map or call it directly.

Live outage counts come from the U.S. Department of Energy and Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Outage Data Initiative Nationwide (ODIN), which publishes outage data shared by participating utilities. Weather alerts come from the National Weather Service, space-weather data from NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center, cyber advisories from CISA, and reliability statistics from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (Form EIA-861).

ODIN is voluntary, so not every utility shares live data yet. “Limited data” means no participating utility in that state is reporting right now. It does not mean the power is out or that it is on. We show this instead of a misleading zero, and coverage grows as more utilities join.

Most customer outage minutes come from weather: thunderstorms, high winds, hurricanes, winter ice and wildfire-related shutoffs. EIA data show that major events drive most of the year-to-year swings in outage time. Equipment failure, vegetation contact, animals and vehicle accidents cause many smaller outages.

Both are real but rare risks. Cyberattacks have caused blackouts abroad, notably in Ukraine in 2015 and 2016, and U.S. agencies have warned about state-sponsored intrusions into utility networks. Severe geomagnetic storms can stress high-voltage transformers. Our Grid Threat Monitor tracks these signals live, and our guides explain the evidence without hype.