Hurricanes, heatwaves, windstorms, wildfires and other extreme weather events in 2020 translated into significantly more time in the dark for customers of U.S. electric utilities. Utility customers experienced 1.33 billion power outage hours in 2020, up 73% from roughly 770 million in 2019, according to PowerOutage.US, an aggregator of utility blackout data.
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