Power Outages in Aroostook County, ME
As of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC, no outages are reported by Versant Power and Eastern Maine Electric Coop in Aroostook County, ME. There is no live feed for Houlton Water Company and Van Buren Light & Power Dist. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.3 hours.
Aroostook County, ME is served by 4 tracked utilities.
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- https://massoutage.com/maine/aroostook-county
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- October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Aroostook County, ME", live data as of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/maine/aroostook-county
No active outages are reported by Versant Power and Eastern Maine Electric Coop in Aroostook County.
No live feed for Houlton Water Company and Van Buren Light & Power Dist: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
80%of this county's ~43,923 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Houlton Water Company, Van Buren Light & Power Dist. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Versant Power | Live · county | 0 | 35,111 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Eastern Maine Electric Coop | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Houlton Water Company | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Van Buren Light & Power Dist | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Versant Power and Eastern Maine Electric Coop reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Aroostook Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (39)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04736 | 172 | ≤11 | 143 | ≤11 |
| 04730 | 145 | ≤11 | 118 | ≤11 |
| 04769 | 140 | ≤11 | 107 | 0 |
| 04756 | 92 | ≤11 | 69 | ≤11 |
| 04743 | 62 | ≤11 | 40 | ≤11 |
| 04785 | 59 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| 04742 | 57 | ≤11 | 47 | 0 |
| 04786 | 41 | ≤11 | 36 | 0 |
| 04750 | 40 | ≤11 | 31 | ≤11 |
| 04732 | 29 | ≤11 | 26 | 0 |
| 04757 | 25 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 04745 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 04747 | 20 | ≤11 | 17 | 0 |
| 04739 | 18 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 04776 | 17 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 04758 | 16 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 04772 | 15 | ≤11 | 12 | 0 |
| 04763 | 14 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 04787 | 13 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 04774 | 13 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 04740 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 04773 | 12 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 04762 | 12 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 04760 | 12 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 04783 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 04781 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 04780 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 04779 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 04768 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 04766 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 04764 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 04761 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 04746 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 04735 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 04734 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 04733 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 04497 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 04471 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 04451 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Aroostook County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Aroostook County right now.
Aroostook County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 16, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Dense Fog Advisory ×2
- Frost Advisory ×1
- Wind Advisory ×1
Latest Aroostook County, ME outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 36m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 6, 2026
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 399 customers out
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 1,382 customers out
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 6, 2026
- GREW
Outage grew to 2,501 customers out (5.9% of the county)
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,635 customers out (3.9% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 854 customers out (2.0% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Aroostook County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Aroostook County went about 4.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 24,386 customers.
The US EIA reports Maine utilities averaged 6.1 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 4.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 23,323 customers out) · decade average 6.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 386 | 3,686 | 2.2 |
| 2016 | 481 | 21,716 | 4.5 |
| 2017 | 507 | 13,118 | 5.1 |
| 2018 | 568 | 10,354 | 7.8 |
| 2019 | 442 | 9,427 | 6.7 |
| 2020 | 472 | 24,071 | 8.5 |
| 2021 | 482 | 15,521 | 4.2 |
| 2022 | 571 | 23,323 | 11.7 |
| 2023 | 501 | 11,406 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 495 | 24,386 | 11.4 |
| 2025 | 501 | 14,335 | 4.3 |
Cost of power in Aroostook County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Aroostook County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Versant Power30.2¢131,540 cust
- Eastern Maine Electric Coop19.4¢10,808 cust
- Houlton Water Company14.2¢3,907 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Very High winter weather exposure · 6.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Aroostook County: FAQ
- How often does Aroostook County, ME lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Aroostook County, ME logged 501 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Aroostook County, ME?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 24,386 customers without power, beginning December 12, 2024 and lasting about 1d.
- Is there a power outage in Aroostook County, ME right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Aroostook County, ME. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Aroostook County, ME?
- Tracked electric providers include Eastern Maine Electric Coop, Versant Power.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Aroostook County (showing 40 of 41).
04451, 04459, 04471, 04497, 04730, 04732, 04733, 04734, 04735, 04736, 04737, 04739, 04740, 04742, 04743, 04745, 04746, 04747, 04750, 04756, 04757, 04758, 04760, 04761, 04762, 04763, 04764, 04766, 04768, 04769, 04772, 04773, 04774, 04776, 04779, 04780, 04781, 04783, 04785, 04786
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Versant Power | 8.3 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Eastern Maine Electric Coop | 16.5 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Houlton Water Company | - | No live feed | - |
| Van Buren Light & Power Dist | - | No live feed | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Maine customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/23003 and /api/v1/counties/23003/history.