Historical estimate

Electricity is available at a US home in 2024

Probability:
99.874%
Odds:
794 to 1
dBan
+29 dBan

US utilities reporting IEEE reliability indicators averaged 662.6 minutes of interruption per customer across the 527,040 minutes of leap year 2024.

Calculation

p ≈ 1 − 662.6 / (366 × 1,440)

Assumptions

The estimate samples a customer-minute and converts the reported average annual interruption duration, including major events. It covers recorded non-momentary outages and does not promise availability for a particular home, utility, or minute.

Sources

  1. EIA: electric power industry reliability indicators Table 11.1, IEEE All Events row for 2024
  2. EIA Today in Energy: US customers experienced nearly 11 hours of interruptions in 2024