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Power Outages in Penobscot County, ME

Central Maine Power Co, Eastern Maine Electric Coop and Versant Power publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.7 hours.

Penobscot County, ME is served by 3 tracked utilities.

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Central Maine Power Co, Eastern Maine Electric Coop and Versant Power publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Penobscot County

0.0%of this county's ~87,092 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: Central Maine Power Co, Eastern Maine Electric Coop, Versant Power.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Central Maine Power CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Eastern Maine Electric CoopLive · total onlynot by county------
Versant PowerLive · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Penobscot 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.

Power-dependent
1,951
Oxygen service
677
Dialysis (facility)
369
Home health / hospice
591
By ZIP code (40)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
0440144117319≤11
04468107≤1178≤11
04457107≤11880
0441297≤11760
0444467≤11500
0493066≤11490
0447453≤1138≤11
0442843≤11310
0446140≤1129≤11
04473390330
0495336≤11330
04430360310
0442736≤11270
04765300240
0449329≤11210
0441929≤11230
0445627≤11230
0444827≤11250
0492825≤11200
0444924≤11180
0446022≤11190
04450220180
0441818≤11130
04939160130
04453160130
0443516≤11120
04411160140
04969150130
0448815≤11≤110
0493214≤11≤110
04410140≤110
04459130≤110
04417120≤11≤11
04777≤110≤110
04495≤110≤110
04487≤110≤110
04475≤110≤110
04455≤110≤110
04434≤110≤110
04422≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Penobscot County, ME

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Penobscot County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Penobscot County

Penobscot County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 6, 2026.

  • Frost Advisory ×3
  • Dense Fog Advisory ×2
  • Special Weather Statement ×1
  • Wind Advisory ×1

Latest Penobscot County, ME outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 20m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 19, 2026

  3. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 735 customers out (0.8% of the county)

  4. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 54m

  5. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,361 customers out (1.5% of the county)

  6. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 15m

  7. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 5,025 customers out (5.7% of the county)

Outage trend · Penobscot County, ME
0customers out · peak 153
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Penobscot County, ME: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 153 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.050100150200Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Penobscot County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

No cities on file for this county

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.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 8.7 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Penobscot County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 3.7h, 2016 11.0h, 2017 33.1h, 2018 9.6h, 2019 15.4h, 2020 47.0h, 2021 4.5h, 2022 15.4h, 2023 47.7h, 2024 17.4h, 2025 8.7h. Highlighted: 2023.02040603.7h201511.0h201633.1h20179.6h201815.4h201947.0h20204.5h202115.4h202247.7h202317.4h20248.7h2025
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Worst year here was 2023 (peak 59,742 customers out) · decade average 19.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20157885,3423.7
201688721,40411.0
201794561,30133.1
20181,04623,3699.6
201996137,48715.4
202091465,19047.0
20211,02214,3834.5
202297424,43715.4
20231,05359,74247.7
20241,07523,34217.4
20251,08116,5988.7

Cost of power in Penobscot County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Penobscot 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.

29.5¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 91% since 2015
vs Maine avg 32.4¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
April 9, 202065,1908d 8h
October 30, 201761,3016d
December 18, 202359,7427d 12h
October 31, 201937,4874d 2h
December 23, 202224,4376d 11h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Very High ice storms exposure · 19.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormVery High
HurricaneRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
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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.
Which utilities serve Penobscot County, ME?
Tracked electric providers include Central Maine Power Co, Eastern Maine Electric Coop, Versant Power.
Nearby counties
Aroostook CountyHancock CountyPiscataquis CountySomerset County
ZIP codes in Penobscot County

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

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Central Maine Power Co5.3 hrsLive · total only-
Versant Power8.3 hrsLive · total only-
Eastern Maine Electric Coop16.5 hrsLive · total only-

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/23019 and /api/v1/counties/23019/history.