Power Outages in Dukes County, MA
Is there a power outage in Dukes County, MA right now? No. As of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC, no outages are reported by NSTAR Electric Company in Dukes County, MA.
Dukes County, MA is served by 1 tracked utility. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.5 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/massachusetts/dukes-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Dukes County, MA", live data as of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/massachusetts/dukes-county
No active outages are reported by NSTAR Electric Company in Dukes County.
Report an outage in Dukes County, MA
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 NSTAR Electric Company; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
0.0%of this county's ~36,260 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSTAR Electric Company | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
NSTAR Electric Company 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 Dukes 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 (5)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02568 | 63 | ≤11 | 41 | 0 |
| 02539 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 02557 | 18 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 02713 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 02535 | ≤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 Dukes County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Dukes County right now.
Dukes County has been under 28 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Coastal Flood Advisory on September 28, 2026.
- High Surf Advisory ×7
- High Wind Warning ×5
- Coastal Flood Warning ×4
- Flood Watch ×4
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×3
- Rip Current Statement ×2
Latest Dukes County, MA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 24m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 418 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 764 customers out (3.7% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 346 customers out (1.7% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Dukes County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Dukes County went about 1.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 15,182 customers.
The US EIA reports Massachusetts utilities averaged 2.0 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 1.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 15,182 customers out) · decade average 4.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 240 | 7,886 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 304 | 2,651 | 1.1 |
| 2017 | 237 | 6,988 | 3.2 |
| 2018 | 305 | 15,182 | 15.4 |
| 2019 | 129 | 10,264 | 3.1 |
| 2020 | 259 | 1,473 | 0.7 |
| 2021 | 274 | 13,854 | 13.0 |
| 2022 | 357 | 5,063 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 275 | 9,667 | 2.0 |
| 2024 | 338 | 12,883 | 2.4 |
| 2025 | 367 | 10,157 | 1.5 |
Cost of power in Dukes County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Dukes 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.
- NSTAR Electric Company21.5¢306,795 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 · 4.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Dukes County: FAQ
- How often does Dukes County, MA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Dukes County, MA logged 367 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Dukes County, MA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 15,182 customers without power, beginning March 2, 2018 and lasting about 3d 6h.
- Is there a power outage in Dukes County, MA right now?
- No. As of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC, no outages are reported by NSTAR Electric Company in Dukes County, MA.
- Which utilities serve Dukes County, MA?
- Tracked electric providers include NSTAR Electric Company.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Dukes County.
02535, 02539, 02543, 02557, 02568, 02575, 02713
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 Dukes County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Massachusetts →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| NSTAR Electric Company | 1.9 hrs | Live · 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 Massachusetts customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/25007 and /api/v1/counties/25007/history.