A dataset of recorded electricity outages by United States county 2014–2022

Brelsford, Christa; Tennille, Sarah Bleakney; Myers, Aaron; Chinthavali, Supriya; Tansakul, Varisara; Denman, Matthew; Coletti, Mark; Grant, Joshua; Lee, Sangkeun Matt; Allen, Karl; Johnson, Evelyn; Huihui, Jonathan; Hamaker, Alec; Newby, Scott; Medlen, Kyle; Maguire, Dakotah; Dunivan Stahl, Chelsey; Moehl, Jessica; Redmon, Daniel; Sanyal, Jibonananda; Bhaduri, Budhendra

doi:10.1038/s41597-024-03095-5

Title: A dataset of recorded electricity outages by United States county 2014–2022

Journal Article · 05 March 2024 · Scientific Data

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03095-5 · OSTI ID:2324037

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Cadre5, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Steampunk, Inc., McLean, VA (United States)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

In this Data Descriptor, we present county-level electricity outage estimates at 15-minute intervals from 2014 to 2022. By 2022 92% of customers in the 50 US States, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico are represented. These data have been produced by the Environment for Analysis of Geo-Located Energy Information (EAGLE-I^TM), a geographic information system and data visualization platform created at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to map the population experiencing electricity outages every 15 minutes at the county level. Although these data do not cover every US customer, they represent the most comprehensive outage information ever compiled for the United States. The rate of coverage increases through time between 2014 and 2022. We present a quantitative Data Quality Index for these data for the years 2018–2022 to demonstrate temporal changes in customer coverage rates by FEMA region and indicators of data collection gaps or other errors.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Electricity (OE); USDOE Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 2324037

Journal Information:: Scientific Data, Vol. 11, Issue 1; ISSN 2052-4463

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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