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Power Outages in Essex County, MA

As of October 19, 2026 05:50 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Essex County, MA across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for City of Marblehead - (MA), City of Peabody - (MA), Town of Georgetown - (MA), Town of Groveland - (MA), Town of Ipswich - (MA), Town of Merrimac - (MA), Town of Middleton - (MA) and Town of Rowley - (MA), so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.1 hours.

Essex County, MA is served by 11 tracked utilities.

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October 19, 2026 05:50 UTC
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Essex County, MA", live data as of October 19, 2026 05:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/massachusetts/essex-county

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Scattered outages

1 customers without power

Across 1 reported incident.

Not counted: no live feed for City of Marblehead - (MA), City of Peabody - (MA), Town of Georgetown - (MA), Town of Groveland - (MA), Town of Ipswich - (MA), Town of Merrimac - (MA), Town of Middleton - (MA) and Town of Rowley - (MA).

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Live status by utility · Essex County

3.1%of this county's ~444,038 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: City of Marblehead - (MA), City of Peabody - (MA), Town of Georgetown - (MA), Town of Groveland - (MA), Town of Ipswich - (MA), Town of Merrimac - (MA), Town of Middleton - (MA), Town of Rowley - (MA). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Town of DanversLive · county013,5540.0%---
Massachusetts Electric CoLive · county1---0-
Town of Reading - (MA)Live · county0---0-
City of Marblehead - (MA)No live feedcan't see------
City of Peabody - (MA)No live feedcan't see------
Town of Georgetown - (MA)No live feedcan't see------
Town of Groveland - (MA)No live feedcan't see------
Town of Ipswich - (MA)No live feedcan't see------
Town of Merrimac - (MA)No live feedcan't see------
Town of Middleton - (MA)No live feedcan't see------
Town of Rowley - (MA)No live feedcan't see------

Town of Danvers, Massachusetts Electric Co and Town of Reading - (MA) reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.

Municipalities in Essex County

Town-by-town counts as reported by Massachusetts Electric Co, most affected first. A town served by more than one utility appears once per utility; utilities without a town-level feed aren't included. Updated .

TownUtilityOutServed% outUtility ETRSmall outages
SAUGUSMassachusetts Electric Co112,8350.0%--

Active outages in Essex County0

No individual outages are listed by utilities with an outage-level feed right now.

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Essex 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.

Power-dependent
5,008
Oxygen service
817
Dialysis (facility)
724
Home health / hospice
1,264
By ZIP code (42)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
01960392≤11241≤11
01844287≤11183≤11
01915265≤11169≤11
01902256≤11133≤11
0193021514158≤11
01970212≤11119≤11
01923186≤11114≤11
01906174≤11121≤11
01830174≤11110≤11
01841170≤1184≤11
01845141≤1179≤11
01832124≤1173≤11
01905123≤1167≤11
01904122≤1172≤11
01843114≤1153≤11
01810107≤1163≤11
01950105≤1157≤11
0195297≤1170≤11
0191389≤1164≤11
0194588≤1149≤11
0193873≤1144≤11
0190771≤1137≤11
0183561≤1135≤11
0194959≤11360
0186058≤1137≤11
0194054≤11330
0190154≤11240
0196653034≤11
0184043≤11240
0183343≤1127≤11
0198235≤1122≤11
0192134≤1123≤11
01834270200
0196926014≤11
01944250≤11≤11
01985240170
0198322≤11≤11≤11
0195121≤11≤110
01984190130
0192919≤11150
0190817≤11≤11≤11
01922140≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Essex County, MA

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Essex County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Essex County

Essex County has been under 36 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 7, 2026.

  • High Surf Advisory ×7
  • Wind Advisory ×5
  • High Wind Warning ×5
  • Coastal Flood Warning ×4
  • Flood Watch ×4
  • Rip Current Statement ×3

Latest Essex County, MA outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 45m

  2. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 1,852 customers out

  3. GREW

    Outage grew to 4,589 customers out (2.1% of the county)

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 780 customers out (0.4% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 34m

  6. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 570 customers out

  7. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 4,300 customers out (2.0% of the county)

  8. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 4h 55m

Outage trend · Essex County, MA
1customers out · peak 2
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 05:50 UTC
Essex County, MA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 2 customers out; latest 1 as of Oct 19, 2026 05:50 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.511.526 AM12 PM6 PMOct 19
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

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.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 4.1 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Essex County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.9h, 2016 3.2h, 2017 20.0h, 2018 26.6h, 2019 8.1h, 2020 2.9h, 2021 5.9h, 2022 4.5h, 2023 8.7h, 2024 3.3h, 2025 4.1h. Highlighted: 2018.01020301.9h20153.2h201620.0h201726.6h20188.1h20192.9h20205.9h20214.5h20228.7h20233.3h20244.1h2025
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Worst year here was 2018 (peak 112,655 customers out) · decade average 8.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201595010,5591.9
201690220,3163.2
201799378,64420.0
2018867112,65526.6
201992154,3838.1
202091913,5602.9
202195143,0485.9
202294623,5544.5
202389429,6458.7
202482614,7793.3
20258158,4914.1

Cost of power in Essex County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Essex 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.

31.2¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 60% since 2015
vs Massachusetts avg 30.5¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
March 7, 2018112,6555d 18h
October 30, 201778,6445d 7h
October 17, 201954,3833d 22h
March 14, 201743,0832d 13h
October 26, 202143,0481d 23h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Very High ice storms exposure · 8.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormVery High
HurricaneRelatively High
TornadoRelatively High
Strong windRelatively High
FloodingRelatively High
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
EarthquakeRelatively Moderate
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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?
Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
Which utilities serve Essex County, MA?
Tracked electric providers include Massachusetts Electric Co, Town of Reading - (MA).
Nearby counties
Hillsborough CountyMiddlesex CountyRockingham CountySuffolk County
Cities & towns in Essex County

Lynn, Lawrence, Haverhill, Peabody, Methuen Town, Salem, Beverly. Town-level outage counts are in the municipalities table above.

ZIP codes in Essex County

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.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Massachusetts Electric Co2.2 hrsLive · county-
Town of Reading - (MA)0.8 hrsLive · county-
Town of Groveland - (MA)-No live feed-
Town of Ipswich - (MA)-No live feed-
City of Marblehead - (MA)-No live feed-
Town of Danvers-Live · county-
Town of Middleton - (MA)-No live feed-
City of Peabody - (MA)-No live feed-
Town of Rowley - (MA)-No live feed-
Town of Merrimac - (MA)-No live feed-
Town of Georgetown - (MA)-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 Massachusetts customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/25009 and /api/v1/counties/25009/history. Live data as of .