Under normal conditions exclusively, states experience similar reliability outcomes, regardless of renewable adoption

Shown are the average duration of outages (hours per year weighted based on utility customer count), without major event days, in each state versus that state's annual percentage of renewable generation on an energy basis. Data is binned into three categories according to their 2024 renewable generation percentage, low (<10%), medium (10-35%), and high (>35%).
Source: Form EIA-861 and Annual state-level generation data (Form EIA-923)