The analysis primarily focused on blackouts attributed to bad weather or wildfires during warmer months, revealing a stark increase in weather-related outages linked to climate change.
The findings show that Americans faced an average of 5.5 hours of electricity interruptions in 2022, up from about 3.5 hours in 2013, indicating an upward trend.
The South experienced the highest frequency of weather-related blackouts from 2000 to 2023, with Texas reporting the most outages due to its unique power grid situation.
Major weather events have caused more significant disruptions to the electrical grid, underscoring how climate change exacerbates natural disasters and affects power reliability.
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