Power Outages in Dorchester County, MD
Delmarva Power has not reported outages here, but it only publishesactive outages, so that isn't a confirmed all-clear. There is no live feed for Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.5 hours.
Dorchester County, MD is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/maryland/dorchester-county
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Dorchester County, MD". https://massoutage.com/maryland/dorchester-county
Delmarva Power only appearsin feeds while reporting outages, so no report isn't a confirmed all-clear.
No live feed for Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~22,139 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.
Only visible while reporting outages: Delmarva Power. Zero here is not a confirmed all-clear.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delmarva Power | Outages only | none reported | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Dorchester 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 (15)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21613 | 194 | ≤11 | 116 | ≤11 |
| 21643 | 80 | ≤11 | 43 | ≤11 |
| 21631 | 21 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 21869 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 21835 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 21677 | ≤11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21675 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 21672 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 21669 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 21664 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 21659 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 21648 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 21634 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 21626 | ≤11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21622 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
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 Dorchester County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Dorchester County right now.
Dorchester County has been under 34 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Coastal Flood Statement on October 11, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Warning ×26
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×4
- Coastal Flood Statement ×3
- Coastal Flood Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Dorchester County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Dorchester County went about 2.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,837 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 2.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 7,837 customers out) · decade average 2.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 337 | 2,493 | 1.2 |
| 2016 | 515 | 4,138 | 2.7 |
| 2017 | 509 | 5,611 | 1.9 |
| 2018 | 334 | 3,067 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | 576 | 3,681 | 1.6 |
| 2020 | 582 | 7,837 | 4.1 |
| 2021 | 576 | 4,905 | 2.7 |
| 2022 | 602 | 2,307 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | 598 | 1,993 | 1.6 |
| 2024 | 562 | 2,901 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 578 | 6,528 | 2.5 |
Cost of power in Dorchester County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Dorchester 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 Moderate hurricanes exposure · 2.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Dorchester County: FAQ
- How often does Dorchester County, MD lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Dorchester County, MD logged 578 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Dorchester County, MD?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,837 customers without power, beginning August 4, 2020 and lasting about 1d 22h.
- Is there a power outage in Dorchester County, MD right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Dorchester County, MD. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Dorchester County, MD?
- Tracked electric providers include Delmarva Power.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Dorchester County.
21613, 21622, 21626, 21627, 21631, 21634, 21643, 21648, 21659, 21664, 21669, 21672, 21675, 21677, 21835, 21869
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 | Outages only | - |
| 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/24019 and /api/v1/counties/24019/history.