2020 was the worst year yet for power outages in the US

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July 21, 2022 - 11:47am

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Outage times varied significantly across the United States. Louisiana registered the longest outages, with residents being without power for a full 60 hours. Outages were more frequent where extreme weather events occurred, but aging grid vulnerabilities threaten the day-to-day lives of US households.

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Calma, J. (2021, Nov 10). "2020 was the worst year yet for power outages in the US." The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/10/22774266/power-outages-worse-united-...

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Anonymous, "2020 was the worst year yet for power outages in the US", contributed by Briana Leone, The Energy Rights Project, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 21 July 2022, accessed 28 March 2024. https://energyrights.info/content/2020-was-worst-year-yet-power-outages-us