{
  "as_of": "5:53 PM CT, Thursday, November 12, 2026",
  "outages": [
    {
      "lat": null,
      "lon": null,
      "place": "United States",
      "region": "Nationwide",
      "cause": "",
      "affected": "46,005 customers out",
      "start": "",
      "etr": "",
      "source": "https://poweroutage.us/",
      "updated": "5:53 PM CT"
    },
    {
      "lat": 37.1661,
      "lon": -119.4494,
      "place": "California",
      "region": "United States",
      "cause": "",
      "affected": "12,112 customers out",
      "start": "",
      "etr": "",
      "source": "https://poweroutage.us/area/state/california",
      "updated": "5:53 PM CT"
    },
    {
      "lat": 42.9538,
      "lon": -75.5268,
      "place": "New York",
      "region": "United States",
      "cause": "",
      "affected": "5,137 customers out",
      "start": "",
      "etr": "",
      "source": "https://poweroutage.us/area/state/new%20york",
      "updated": "5:53 PM CT"
    },
    {
      "lat": 31.1761,
      "lon": -99.3453,
      "place": "Texas",
      "region": "United States",
      "cause": "",
      "affected": "4,797 customers out",
      "start": "",
      "etr": "",
      "source": "https://poweroutage.us/area/state/texas",
      "updated": "5:53 PM CT"
    },
    {
      "lat": 18.338,
      "lon": -64.894,
      "place": "St. Thomas and St. John",
      "region": "U.S. Virgin Islands",
      "cause": "Rotating outages while WAPA repairs generating units at the Randolph Harley Power Plant",
      "affected": "3,426 customers out, 3,415 on St. Thomas",
      "start": "",
      "etr": "",
      "source": "https://poweroutage.us/area/state/virgin%20islands",
      "updated": "5:53 PM CT"
    },
    {
      "lat": 40.2862,
      "lon": -82.7937,
      "place": "Ohio",
      "region": "United States",
      "cause": "",
      "affected": "2,867 customers out",
      "start": "",
      "etr": "",
      "source": "https://poweroutage.us/area/state/ohio",
      "updated": "5:53 PM CT"
    },
    {
      "lat": 50.45,
      "lon": 30.524,
      "place": "Kyiv and nationwide",
      "region": "Ukraine",
      "cause": "Rolling blackouts after attacks on energy infrastructure",
      "affected": "Ukrenergo said hourly rolling blackouts of 1.5 to 3 queues (about 12–16 hours a day in many regions) are scheduled for Friday, Nov 13.",
      "start": "",
      "etr": "",
      "source": "https://www.obozrevatel.com/ukr/section-ekonomika-glavnaya/communalka/news-ukrenerho-pokazalo-novyy-hrafik-vidklyuchen-svitla-vidomo-rezhym-na-13-lystopada-12-11-2026.html",
      "updated": "Nov 12, 2026, 7:28 p.m. EET (11:28 a.m. CT)"
    },
    {
      "lat": 23.113,
      "lon": -82.367,
      "place": "Cuba",
      "region": "National electric system (SEN)",
      "cause": "Generation capacity deficit (multiple thermal units offline or in maintenance)",
      "affected": "1,890 MW forecast to be affected at peak (1,860 MW deficit). 1,395 MW already affected at 6:00 a.m. Cuba time.",
      "start": "",
      "etr": "",
      "source": "http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2026/11/12/la-une-pronostica-una-afectacion-de-1890-mw-en-horario-pico/",
      "updated": "Nov 12, 2026 (UNE morning report; no later official national part found)"
    },
    {
      "lat": 10.48,
      "lon": -66.903,
      "place": "Venezuela",
      "region": "Nationwide",
      "cause": "Widespread, ongoing grid failures",
      "affected": "",
      "start": "",
      "etr": "",
      "source": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/11/12/venezuelan-protests-blackouts-intensify-under-us-backed-leader/",
      "updated": "Nov 12, 2026"
    },
    {
      "lat": 31.52,
      "lon": 74.358,
      "place": "Lahore and Punjab",
      "region": "Pakistan",
      "cause": "National generation shortfall after the Tarbela fifth-extension incident reduced hydropower output",
      "affected": "About 1,500 MW national shortfall (peak demand about 16,000 MW vs. about 14,500 MW available). LESCO/Lahore shortfall about 800 MW, with 3–4 hours of evening load-shedding.",
      "start": "",
      "etr": "",
      "source": "https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/11/12/news/economy/power-shortfall-1500mw-tarbela-lahore-load-shedding-ismo/",
      "updated": "Nov 12, 2026"
    },
    {
      "lat": -27.639,
      "lon": 153.109,
      "place": "Logan and south-east Queensland",
      "region": "Australia",
      "cause": "Severe storms; more than 400 powerlines downed, concentrated in Logan",
      "affected": "Energex said 90%+ of customers who lost power had been restored as of 8:30 a.m. Nov 13 AEST. Its homepage listed 50 unplanned outages at 9:45 a.m. Nov 13 AEST. Peak was more than 80,000 customers.",
      "start": "Nov 11, 2026 (AEST)",
      "etr": "",
      "source": "https://www.energex.com.au/",
      "updated": "Nov 13, 2026, 9:45 a.m. AEST (5:45 PM CT Nov 12)"
    },
    {
      "lat": -26.204,
      "lon": 28.007,
      "place": "Mayfair, Auckland Park, and nearby suburbs",
      "region": "Johannesburg, South Africa",
      "cause": "Damage at the Mayfair substation",
      "affected": "",
      "start": "",
      "etr": "Some customers as early as Sunday, Nov 15; last group by the following weekend (City Power estimates, subject to safety tests)",
      "source": "https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/mayfair-substation-first-phase-power-restoration-98-complete/",
      "updated": "Nov 12, 2026, 7:49 p.m. SAST (11:49 a.m. CT); no later official update found"
    },
    {
      "lat": 6.524,
      "lon": 3.379,
      "place": "Lagos, Abuja, Ogun, Kwara, and Oyo",
      "region": "Nigeria",
      "cause": "Gas constraints, maintenance, and reduced hydropower output; not a national grid collapse",
      "affected": "Outages were still being reported in parts of Lagos on Nov 12, despite a Nov 9 announcement that the repaired Benin–Egbin 330 kV line had lifted Lagos Complex supply above 1,000 MW. No official customer count found.",
      "start": "",
      "etr": "",
      "source": "https://thesourceng.com/lagos-remains-in-darkness-despite-ministers-claim-that-electricity-has-been-restored/",
      "updated": "Nov 12, 2026"
    }
  ]
}