Power Outages in Kent County, MD
Is there a power outage in Kent County, MD right now? None reported. As of October 19, 2026 18:55 UTC, no outages are reported by Delmarva Power in Kent County, MD. There is no live feed for Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Kent County, MD is served by 2 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.5 hours.
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- October 19, 2026 18:55 UTC
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Kent County, MD", live data as of October 19, 2026 18:55 UTC. https://massoutage.com/maryland/kent-county
No active outages are reported by Delmarva Power in Kent County.
No live feed for Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Kent County, MD
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Delmarva Power and Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
71%of this county's ~14,983 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 | 0 | 10,659 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| 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 Kent 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 (9)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21620 | 106 | ≤11 | 68 | ≤11 |
| 21661 | 31 | 0 | 16 | ≤11 |
| 21651 | 23 | 0 | 19 | ≤11 |
| 21635 | 18 | ≤11 | 12 | 0 |
| 21678 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 21667 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 21650 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 21645 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 21610 | ≤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 Kent County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Kent County right now.
Kent County has been under 2 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on October 16, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Kent County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Kent County went about 3.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,994 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 3.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 2,851 customers out) · decade average 2.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 47 | 308 | 0.2 |
| 2016 | 121 | 3,068 | 3.3 |
| 2017 | 106 | 2,414 | 1.1 |
| 2019 | 191 | 1,555 | 0.9 |
| 2020 | 374 | 2,793 | 2.4 |
| 2021 | 442 | 2,811 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 474 | 3,919 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | 445 | 3,994 | 2.7 |
| 2024 | 466 | 2,851 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 448 | 3,486 | 3.5 |
Cost of power in Kent County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Kent 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 2.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Kent County: FAQ
- How often does Kent County, MD lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Kent County, MD logged 448 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Kent County, MD?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,994 customers without power, beginning April 18, 2023 and lasting about 8h.
- Is there a power outage in Kent County, MD right now?
- None reported. As of October 19, 2026 18:55 UTC, no outages are reported by Delmarva Power in Kent County, MD. There is no live feed for Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- Which utilities serve Kent County, MD?
- Tracked electric providers include Delmarva Power.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Kent County.
21610, 21620, 21635, 21645, 21650, 21651, 21661, 21667, 21678
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Kent County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Maryland →
| 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/24029 and /api/v1/counties/24029/history.