Insights

Grid intelligence, territory planning, and data analysis for solar installers.

Power outages near me

What 'power outages near me' really shows, and how knowing the exact streets that lost power makes canvassing faster for solar, generator, and battery installers.

When power poles catch fire

137 pole fires knocked out power in 75 days, each averaging 12 hours to restore. Where they cluster and what they mean for generator and battery sales.

Power outages by street, not just ZIP

Outage history mapped to the specific streets that lost power, ranked weekly for solar, generator, and battery installer canvassing and mail.

Power outages in April 2026

What happened on the U.S. grid in April 2026 — biggest single events, hottest counties, and the ZIP codes installers should be canvassing first.

Top 25 counties by grid-event days

Twenty-five US counties had utility-reported grid events on more than 250 of the last 365 days. Dallas led at 276. Here's the leaderboard.

What actually causes US power outages

Equipment failure caused more than 3x as many US power outages as weather in the last 30 days. The cause that keeps the lights off longest? Trees.

How to find power outages by ZIP

Where to find power outages by ZIP code, why utility outage maps fall short, and how solar and generator installers actually pull this data.

Power outages by ZIP, not county

County-level outage maps hide the differences between neighborhoods. Why solar and generator installers need outage data by ZIP code.

California power outage data

20,711 outage events across 58 California counties in 30 days. County-level breakdown, utility cause reporting, and what it means for solar.

Are power outages getting worse?

What the outage data actually shows — seasonal patterns, peak months, time-of-day trends, and what's causing the most grid failures in 2026.

Generator and battery demand hotspots

Which counties and states have the highest demand for whole-home generators and battery storage — based on outage frequency, duration, and housing data.

Grid Reliability by State

A ZIP-level breakdown of grid disturbances across all 50 states — and what it means for solar installers picking territories.

Power outage data for March 2026

Over 210,000 power outage events across 46 states in March 2026. County-level breakdown of where outages hit hardest, what caused them, and restoration times.

Pitching solar after a power outage

How to pitch solar and battery backup to homeowners after a power outage — what to say, what data to bring, and how to beat generator companies.

How to pick a solar sales territory

The counties, states, and ZIP-level data points that separate good solar territories from dead ones — based on 30 days of grid data.

Weird things that cause outages

Squirrels, mylar balloons, hawks on fire, and cars into poles — the strangest real causes of power outages in utility data.

Why utilities don't explain outages

83% of U.S. power outage events have no public cause. Some utilities explain every event. Others explain none. Here's the data.