Hurricanes turned 2024 into the worst outage year in a decade, pushing US customers to an average of 11 hours without power—nearly 2X the norm. (EIA)
EIA data shows major events accounted for 80% of all outage hours last year, with storm-driven interruptions averaging 9 hours per customer—more than twice the 2014–2023 baseline—while non-storm interruptions held steady at ~2 hours.