Power Outages in Essex County, MA
As of the latest utility report, no major power outages are reported in Essex County, MA. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.1 hours.
Essex County, MA is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active power outages are currently reported in Essex County.
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Essex County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 17, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×3
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×3
- Tsunami Warning ×1
Latest Essex County, MA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 18m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 776 customers out (0.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 33m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,306 customers out (0.6% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Essex County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Lynnno active outage
- Lawrenceno active outage
- Haverhillno active outage
- Peabodyno active outage
- Methuen Townno active outage
- Salemno active outage
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Essex County went about 4.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 112,655 customers.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 112,655 customers out) · decade average 8.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 950 | 10,559 | 1.9 |
| 2016 | 902 | 20,316 | 3.2 |
| 2017 | 993 | 78,644 | 20.0 |
| 2018 | 867 | 112,655 | 26.6 |
| 2019 | 921 | 54,383 | 8.1 |
| 2020 | 919 | 13,560 | 2.9 |
| 2021 | 951 | 43,048 | 5.9 |
| 2022 | 946 | 23,554 | 4.5 |
| 2023 | 894 | 29,645 | 8.7 |
| 2024 | 826 | 14,779 | 3.3 |
| 2025 | 815 | 8,491 | 4.1 |
Very High ice storms exposure · 8.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Essex County: FAQ
- How often does Essex County, MA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Essex County, MA logged 815 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Essex County, MA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 112,655 customers without power, beginning March 7, 2018 and lasting about 5d 18h.
- Is there a power outage in Essex County, MA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Essex County, MA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Essex County, MA?
- Tracked electric providers include NATIONAL GRID.
Lynn, Lawrence, Haverhill, Peabody, Methuen Town, Salem, Beverly. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Essex County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Essex County (showing 40 of 44).
01810, 01830, 01832, 01833, 01834, 01835, 01840, 01841, 01843, 01844, 01845, 01860, 01901, 01902, 01904, 01905, 01906, 01907, 01908, 01913, 01915, 01921, 01922, 01923, 01929, 01930, 01937, 01938, 01940, 01944, 01945, 01949, 01950, 01951, 01952, 01960, 01965, 01966, 01969, 01970
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| NATIONAL GRID | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/25009 and /api/v1/counties/25009/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Massachusetts customers).