List of major power outages
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This is a list of notable wide-scale power outages. To be included, the power outage must conform to all of the following criteria:
- The outage must not be planned by the service provider.
- The outage must affect at least 1,000 people.
- The outage must last at least one hour.
- There must be at least 1,000,000 person-hours of disruption.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
For example:
- 1,000 people affected for 1,000 hours (42 days) or more would be included; fewer than 1,000 people would not be, regardless of duration.
- One million people affected for a minimum of one hour would be included; if the duration were less than one hour, it would not, regardless of number of people.
- 10,000 people affected for 100 hours, or 100,000 for 10 hours would be included.