Power Outages in Cecil County, MD
As of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Cecil County, MD across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.8 hours.
Cecil County, MD is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/maryland/cecil-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Cecil County, MD", live data as of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/maryland/cecil-county
Not counted: no live feed for Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc.
68%of this county's ~71,988 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delmarva Power | Live · county | 1 | 48,921 | 0.0% | - | 1 | October 19, 2026 15:00 UTC | |
| Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Delmarva Power reportsevery 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 Cecil 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 (12)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21921 | 431 | 21 | 312 | ≤11 |
| 21901 | 183 | ≤11 | 136 | ≤11 |
| 21911 | 80 | ≤11 | 55 | ≤11 |
| 21904 | 75 | ≤11 | 51 | ≤11 |
| 21903 | 62 | ≤11 | 47 | ≤11 |
| 21918 | 44 | ≤11 | 36 | 0 |
| 21919 | 33 | ≤11 | 24 | 0 |
| 21915 | 27 | ≤11 | 18 | 0 |
| 21917 | 21 | 0 | 14 | ≤11 |
| 21914 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 21913 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 21912 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
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 Cecil County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Cecil County right now.
Cecil County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on October 16, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×6
- Special Weather Statement ×3
Hardest-hit cities in Cecil County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Cecil Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Cecil County went about 6.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 28,527 customers.
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 6.8 hrs.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 16,595 customers out) · decade average 5.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 545 | 19,264 | 5.6 |
| 2016 | 855 | 11,139 | 4.9 |
| 2017 | 760 | 19,271 | 6.8 |
| 2018 | 820 | 18,964 | 5.4 |
| 2019 | 816 | 5,189 | 3.9 |
| 2020 | 737 | 15,015 | 5.1 |
| 2021 | 726 | 6,146 | 2.5 |
| 2022 | 729 | 16,595 | 7.0 |
| 2023 | 723 | 13,217 | 4.3 |
| 2024 | 747 | 13,121 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 745 | 28,527 | 6.8 |
Cost of power in Cecil County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Cecil 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.
- Delmarva Power21.8¢181,839 cust
- Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc17.1¢50,981 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.
Relatively High high winds exposure · 5.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Cecil County: FAQ
- How often does Cecil County, MD lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Cecil County, MD logged 745 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Cecil County, MD?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 28,527 customers without power, beginning June 19, 2025 and lasting about 3d 9h.
- Is there a power outage in Cecil County, MD right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Cecil County, MD?
- Tracked electric providers include Delmarva Power.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Cecil County.
21901, 21902, 21903, 21904, 21911, 21912, 21913, 21914, 21915, 21917, 21918, 21919, 21920, 21921, 21930
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delmarva Power | 1.8 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc | 3.6 hrs | 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 Maryland customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/24015 and /api/v1/counties/24015/history. Live data as of .