Power Outages in Penobscot County, ME
No live outage feed is available for Penobscot County, ME yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.7 hours.
Penobscot County, ME is served by local tracked utilities.
Penobscot County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Penobscot County has been under 13 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 18, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×8
- Air Quality Alert ×2
- Heat Advisory ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Penobscot County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Penobscot County went about 8.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 65,190 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 59,742 customers out) · decade average 19.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 788 | 5,342 | 3.7 |
| 2016 | 887 | 21,404 | 11.0 |
| 2017 | 945 | 61,301 | 33.1 |
| 2018 | 1,046 | 23,369 | 9.6 |
| 2019 | 961 | 37,487 | 15.4 |
| 2020 | 914 | 65,190 | 47.0 |
| 2021 | 1,022 | 14,383 | 4.5 |
| 2022 | 974 | 24,437 | 15.4 |
| 2023 | 1,053 | 59,742 | 47.7 |
| 2024 | 1,075 | 23,342 | 17.4 |
| 2025 | 1,081 | 16,598 | 8.7 |
Very High ice storms exposure · 19.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Penobscot County: FAQ
- How often does Penobscot County, ME lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Penobscot County, ME logged 1,081 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 8.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Penobscot County, ME?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 65,190 customers without power, beginning April 9, 2020 and lasting about 8d 8h.
- Is there a power outage in Penobscot County, ME right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Penobscot County, ME. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Penobscot County (showing 40 of 41).
04401, 04410, 04411, 04412, 04417, 04418, 04419, 04422, 04427, 04428, 04430, 04434, 04435, 04444, 04448, 04449, 04450, 04453, 04455, 04456, 04457, 04460, 04461, 04468, 04469, 04473, 04474, 04475, 04487, 04488, 04489, 04493, 04495, 04765, 04777, 04928, 04930, 04932, 04939, 04953
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/23019 and /api/v1/counties/23019/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Maine customers).