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Power Outages in Waldo County, ME

As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, about 2 customers are without power in Waldo County, ME across 1 reported incident. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 9.6 hours.

Waldo County, ME is served by 2 tracked utilities.

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Scattered outages

2 customers without power

0.0% of Waldo County · across 1 reported incident.

Utility ETR: October 19, 2026 00:30 UTC (utility's estimate)

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Live status by utility · Waldo County

100%of this county's ~26,625 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Central Maine Power CoLive · county226,7030.0%-1October 19, 2026 00:30 UTC
Versant PowerLive · county02780.0%-0-

Central Maine Power Co and Versant Power reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.

Municipalities in Waldo County

Town-by-town counts as reported by Central Maine Power Co, most affected first. A town served by more than one utility appears once per utility; utilities without a town-level feed aren't included. Updated .

TownUtilityOutServed% outUtility ETRSmall outages
LibertyCentral Maine Power Co28830.2%October 19, 2026 00:30 UTC-

Active outages in Waldo County0

No individual outages are listed by utilities with an outage-level feed right now.

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Waldo 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
461
Oxygen service
181
Dialysis (facility)
132
Home health / hospice
231
By ZIP code (18)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
04915118≤11890
0449637≤11260
0484935≤11260
0497432≤11220
0495228≤11200
04981240140
0498819≤11160
0498618≤11140
0494116≤11120
04922130120
04354130≤110
04951120≤110
0443812≤11≤110
04987≤11≤11≤110
04973≤11≤11≤110
04949≤110≤110
04921≤110≤110
04848≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Waldo County, ME

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

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

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Recent NWS alert activity · Waldo County

Waldo County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 11, 2026.

  • Frost Advisory ×6
  • Tsunami Warning ×1

Latest Waldo County, ME outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 3h 15m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 14, 2026

  3. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,038 customers out (3.8% of the county)

  4. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 46m

  5. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 285 customers out

  6. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026

  7. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 2,523 customers out (9.4% of the county)

Outage trend · Waldo County, ME
2customers out
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 03:00 UTC
Waldo County, ME: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 2 customers out; latest 2 as of Oct 19, 2026 03:00 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.511.52Oct 186 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Waldo County went about 9.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 22,684 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 9.6 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Waldo County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 3.1h, 2016 12.7h, 2017 71.4h, 2018 11.3h, 2019 3.9h, 2020 83.4h, 2021 7.7h, 2022 26.6h, 2023 43.1h, 2024 34.2h, 2025 9.6h. Highlighted: 2020.02550751003.1h201512.7h201671.4h201711.3h20183.9h201983.4h20207.7h202126.6h202243.1h202334.2h20249.6h2025
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Worst year here was 2020 (peak 22,013 customers out) · decade average 27.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20154635,1933.1
20163298,33012.7
201739222,68471.4
20184686,65211.3
20192483,7833.9
202061722,01383.4
20216385,9527.7
202253119,50826.6
202357017,30943.1
202465312,88634.2
20255536,3619.6

Cost of power in Waldo County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Waldo 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.

27.4¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 88% 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
October 30, 201722,6846d
April 9, 202022,0136d 21h
September 23, 202219,5081d 2h
December 18, 202317,3097d 13h
July 13, 202016,22512h 45m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Relatively High ice storms exposure · 27.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormRelatively High
HurricaneRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Waldo County: FAQ

How often does Waldo County, ME lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Waldo County, ME logged 553 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 9.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Waldo County, ME?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 22,684 customers without power, beginning October 30, 2017 and lasting about 6d.
Is there a power outage in Waldo County, ME right now?
Yes, about 2 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
Which utilities serve Waldo County, ME?
Tracked electric providers include Central Maine Power Co, Versant Power.
Nearby counties
Hancock CountyKennebec CountyKnox CountyLincoln County
ZIP codes in Waldo County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Waldo County.

04354, 04438, 04496, 04848, 04849, 04915, 04921, 04922, 04941, 04949, 04951, 04952, 04973, 04974, 04981, 04986, 04987, 04988

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 · county-
Versant Power8.3 hrsLive · county-

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/23027 and /api/v1/counties/23027/history. Live data as of .