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Power Outages in Carroll County, MD

As of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC, about 10 customers are without power in Carroll County, MD across 2 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.3 hours.

Carroll County, MD is served by 2 tracked utilities.

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10 customers without power

0.0% of Carroll County · across 2 reported incidents.

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Live status by utility · Carroll County

100%of this county's ~76,660 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Baltimore Gas & Electric CoLive · county1060,4810.0%-2-
The Potomac Edison CompanyLive · county016,2660.0%-0-

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co and The Potomac Edison Company 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 Carroll County

Town-by-town counts as reported by The Potomac Edison Company, 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
No outages reported in any town by The Potomac Edison Company.
Show 9 towns with no outages
DETOURThe Potomac Edison Company01150.0%--
KEYMARThe Potomac Edison Company01,2130.0%--
LINWOODThe Potomac Edison Company0320.0%--
MIDDLEBURGThe Potomac Edison Company0420.0%--
MOUNT AIRYThe Potomac Edison Company04,8270.0%--
NEW WINDSORThe Potomac Edison Company02,0490.0%--
TANEYTOWNThe Potomac Edison Company05,3370.0%--
UNION BRIDGEThe Potomac Edison Company02,2950.0%--
WESTMINSTERThe Potomac Edison Company03560.0%--

Active outages in Carroll 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 Carroll 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
1,461
Oxygen service
344
Dialysis (facility)
126
Home health / hospice
287
By ZIP code (9)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
21157302≤11227≤11
21784226≤11145≤11
21158170≤11115≤11
21074118≤11840
21787115≤1187≤11
21102110≤1186≤11
21048100072≤11
21776450340
21757300190

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

🔔 Alerts for Carroll County, MD

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

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  • Freeze WarningSEVERE
Recent NWS alert activity · Carroll County

Carroll County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 19, 2026.

  • Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×5
  • Freeze Warning ×4
  • Special Weather Statement ×3
  • Flood Warning ×1
  • Freeze Watch ×1
Outage trend · Carroll County, MD
10customers out
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 12:50 UTC
Carroll County, MD: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 10 customers out; latest 10 as of Oct 19, 2026 12:50 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.02.557.51012 PM6 PMOct 196 AM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Carroll County went about 6.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 43,380 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports Maryland utilities averaged 3.1 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 6.3 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Carroll County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.5h, 2016 2.1h, 2017 1.6h, 2018 4.1h, 2019 3.5h, 2020 1.8h, 2021 3.0h, 2022 12.9h, 2023 16.4h, 2024 3.3h, 2025 6.3h. Highlighted: 2023.051015201.5h20152.1h20161.6h20174.1h20183.5h20191.8h20203.0h202112.9h202216.4h20233.3h20246.3h2025
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Worst year here was 2023 (peak 43,380 customers out) · decade average 5.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20155352,6411.5
20166444,6212.1
20175932,1941.6
20185966,0774.1
20196134,5243.5
20206742,9891.8
20215573,3523.0
202254429,73612.9
202356043,38016.4
20244934,2563.3
202544711,7916.3

Cost of power in Carroll County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Carroll 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.

19.2¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 43% since 2015
vs Maryland avg 21.4¢
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
August 7, 202343,3808d 6h
April 12, 202322,79516h 30m
February 15, 202511,7916d 2h
March 2, 20186,0773d 17h
May 16, 20255,4414d 20h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High high winds exposure · 5.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

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Power outages in Carroll County: FAQ

How often does Carroll County, MD lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Carroll County, MD logged 447 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Carroll County, MD?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 43,380 customers without power, beginning August 7, 2023 and lasting about 8d 6h.
Is there a power outage in Carroll County, MD right now?
Yes, about 10 customers are currently without power across 2 reported incident(s).
Which utilities serve Carroll County, MD?
Tracked electric providers include Baltimore Gas & Electric Co, The Potomac Edison Company.
Nearby counties
Adams CountyBaltimore CountyFrederick CountyHoward County
ZIP codes in Carroll County

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

21048, 21074, 21102, 21157, 21158, 21757, 21776, 21784, 21787

Electric providers serving this county

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

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
The Potomac Edison Company6.9 hrsLive · county
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Baltimore Gas & Electric Co2.9 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 Maryland customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/24013 and /api/v1/counties/24013/history. Live data as of .