This is a list of notable wide-scale power outages. To be included, the power outage must conform to all of the following criteria:
For example:
Article | People affected (millions) |
Location | Date | References |
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2012 India blackouts | 620 | India | July 30–31, 2012 | [1][2][3] |
2023 Pakistan blackout | 230 (99% of population) | Pakistan | January 23, 2023 | [4] |
2001 India blackout | 230 | India | January 2, 2001 | [5] |
2022 Bangladesh blackout | 140 (80% of the population). | Bangladesh | October 4, 2022 | [6] |
2021 Pakistan blackout | 200 (90% population) | Pakistan | January 9, 2021 | [7] |
2014 Bangladesh blackout | 150 (85% of the population). | Bangladesh | November 1, 2014 | [8] |
2015 Pakistan blackout | 140 | Pakistan | January 26, 2015 | [9] |
2019 Java blackout | 120 | Indonesia | August 4–5, 2019 | [10][11][12][13] |
2005 Java–Bali blackout | 100 | Indonesia | August 18, 2005 | [14] |
1999 Southern Brazil blackout | 97 | Brazil | March 11–June 22, 1999 | [15] |
2015 Turkey blackout | 70 | Turkey | March 31, 2015 | [16] |
2009 Brazil and Paraguay blackout | 60 | Brazil, Paraguay | November 10–20, 2009 | [17] |
2003 Italy blackout | 56 | Italy, Switzerland | September 28, 2003 | [18] |
Northeast blackout of 2003 | 55 | Canada, United States | August 14–28, 2003 | [19] |
2019 Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay blackout | 48 | Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay | June 16, 2019 | [20] |
2002 Luzon blackout | 40 | Philippines | May 21, 2002 | [21] |
2001 Luzon blackout | 35 | Philippines | April 7, 2001 | [22] |
Northeast blackout of 1965 | 30 | Canada, United States | November 9, 1965 | [23] |
2019 Venezuelan blackouts | 30 | Venezuela | March 7, 2019–July 23, 2019 | [24][25][26][27] |
2020 Sri Lankan blackouts | 21 | Sri Lanka | August 17, 2020 | [28] |
2016 Sri Lanka blackout | 21 | Sri Lanka | March 13, 2016 | [29] |
This method is a formula that multiplies the number of hours by the population affected, and does not reflect the nominal time in hours that the outages lasted.
Article | People affected (millions) | Location | Length (in customer-hours) | References |
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2013 Philippines blackouts | 6.7 | Philippines | 6.3 billion hours | [30] |
2017 Puerto Rico blackouts | 1.5 | Puerto Rico | 3.4 billion hours | [30] |
2019 Venezuelan blackouts | 30 | Venezuela | >3.3 billion hours | [26] |