Winter storm

Feb 13, 2021. At the peak, 4,802,070 customers were without power, most of them in Texas, Louisiana, Oregon.

Winter storm

Customers out at the peak 4,802,070 Feb 16, 2021, 9:00 AM

Customer-hours lost 320M Every customer out, times every hour out

Counties with 10%+ out 613 of 948 counties affected

Above 600,000 out nationally 6.2 days Feb 13, 2021, 8:00 AM onward

States affected 45 TX · LA · OR · VA · MS

Hardest-hit county 100%out Galveston, TX · 144,421 customers

Hour by hour

The country, in the dark

Customers without power across the US, two days either side. The shaded band is the time the national total stayed above 600,000.

By state

State	Peak out	Share	Counties 10%+
Texas	4,637,099	34%	206
Louisiana	440,071	18%	45
Oregon	428,468	36%	11
Virginia	388,059	26%	53
Mississippi	264,087	24%	38
North Carolina	247,268	14%	13
Kentucky	226,430	28%	40
Oklahoma	191,455	10%	38
West Virginia	116,769	23%	15
Arkansas	114,911	8%	29
Missouri	104,843	11%	22
Washington	68,355	2%	0
New Jersey	62,675	3%	1
New Mexico	61,021	17%	9
Ohio	60,302	5%	5
Kansas	55,792	9%	12
Illinois	49,206	8%	6
Nebraska	46,397	10%	17
Nevada	41,681	4%	1
Tennessee	36,427	5%	9

State peaks add each county's own peak, which may fall at different hours, so they can exceed the true simultaneous total.

By county