Understand PowerOutage.us's current API access model and pricing tiers for pulling live outage data
domain: poweroutage.us · 4 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Confirm PowerOutage.us markets itself as an 'Enterprise Power Intelligence Platform' (poweroutage.us/use-our-data) with a Live Outage REST API refreshed every 10 minutes and GeoJSON shapes sourced from utilities
Note there is no public self-serve signup or published pricing tiers — the API, embeddable maps, custom reporting, and historical data products are all gated behind an 'Access Enterprise API'/'Start Conversation' email inquiry to info@poweroutage.us
Confirm free dashboard access is offered only to utilities and emergency-management departments, not to general developers or the public
Review the published API Terms of Use (poweroutage.us/legal/apitermsofuse) before any commercial use, since access requires a negotiated agreement
Known gotchas
Do not describe PowerOutage.us as having an open/free public API — as of mid-2026 it is enterprise-sales-gated with no published price list
Historical data goes back to 2017 at 10-minute/city-level resolution, but this is a paid 'Generate Historical Data Quote' product, not a bulk free download
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