Massachusetts Power Outages
As of July 18, 2026 17:01 UTC, about 157 customers are currently without power across 6 counties in Massachusetts.
COUNTIES WITH ACTIVE OUTAGES
OUTAGE TREND
Massachusetts
157
AS OF LAST UPDATE · PEAK 1,326
Updated July 18, 2026
1 PM6 PM1 AM7 AM1 PM
Cost of power in Massachusetts
▲ 108% since 2010What Massachusettspays for electricity, from the US EIA — and how fast it’s rising as national demand climbs. See energy & the AI data-center surge.
Residential
29.4¢
per kWh
Commercial
24.0¢
per kWh
Industrial
18.6¢
per kWh
RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh BY YEAR
Retail prices from the US EIA (Form 861). Energy & the data-center surge →
Hardest-hit cities statewide
The individual towns and townships with the most customers out right now.
A decade of outages in Massachusetts
US annual reports →Average hours without power per customer each year (EAGLE-I).
Massachusetts's worst year on record was 2018 (peak 148,898 customers out) · decade average 4.5 hrs per customer/yr.
Official reliability
Source: US EIAMajor disturbances (DOE)
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