Power Outages in Hampshire County, MA
Is there a power outage in Hampshire County, MA right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC, about 5 customers are without power in Hampshire County, MA across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Town of South Hadley - (MA) and University of Massachusetts Amherst, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Hampshire County, MA is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.5 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/massachusetts/hampshire-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Hampshire County, MA", live data as of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/massachusetts/hampshire-county
Not counted: no live feed for Town of South Hadley - (MA) and University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Report an outage in Hampshire 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 Massachusetts Electric Co, NSTAR Electric Company, Town of South Hadley - (MA) and University of Massachusetts Amherst; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
0.0%of this county's ~268,386 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Town of South Hadley - (MA), University of Massachusetts Amherst. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Electric Co | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| NSTAR Electric Company | Live · county | 5 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Town of South Hadley - (MA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Massachusetts Electric Co and NSTAR Electric Company 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 Hampshire County
Town-by-town counts as reported by NSTAR Electric Company, 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 .
| Town | Utility | Out | Served | % out | Utility ETR | Small outages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMHERST | NSTAR Electric Company | 5 | 11,022 | 0.0% | - | - |
Active outages in Hampshire County0
No individual outages are listed by utilities with an outage-level feed right now.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Hampshire 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 (20)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01060 | 151 | ≤11 | 74 | ≤11 |
| 01027 | 136 | 12 | 86 | ≤11 |
| 01075 | 130 | ≤11 | 90 | ≤11 |
| 01007 | 122 | ≤11 | 67 | ≤11 |
| 01082 | 114 | ≤11 | 86 | 0 |
| 01002 | 82 | ≤11 | 40 | 0 |
| 01062 | 76 | ≤11 | 47 | 0 |
| 01033 | 51 | ≤11 | 36 | ≤11 |
| 01073 | 41 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 01035 | 37 | 0 | 17 | ≤11 |
| 01038 | 27 | ≤11 | 19 | ≤11 |
| 01096 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 01050 | 23 | ≤11 | 15 | 0 |
| 01098 | 13 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 01088 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 01070 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 01053 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 01032 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 01026 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 01012 | ≤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 Hampshire County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Hampshire County right now.
Hampshire County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Warning on October 16, 2026.
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Freeze Warning ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×2
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Hampshire County went about 3.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 29,373 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 3.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 16,358 customers out) · decade average 2.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 536 | 5,185 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 662 | 5,643 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | 593 | 29,373 | 1.8 |
| 2018 | 663 | 4,396 | 1.1 |
| 2019 | 404 | 12,304 | 2.6 |
| 2020 | 643 | 16,358 | 7.6 |
| 2021 | 686 | 13,543 | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 665 | 12,397 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 622 | 11,129 | 2.7 |
| 2024 | 717 | 8,344 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 719 | 8,149 | 3.5 |
Cost of power in Hampshire County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Hampshire 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.
- Massachusetts Electric Co33.7¢438,150 cust
- 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 Moderate hurricanes exposure · 2.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Hampshire County: FAQ
- How often does Hampshire County, MA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Hampshire County, MA logged 719 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Hampshire County, MA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 29,373 customers without power, beginning November 15, 2017 and lasting about 5h.
- Is there a power outage in Hampshire County, MA right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC, about 5 customers are without power in Hampshire County, MA across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Town of South Hadley - (MA) and University of Massachusetts Amherst, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Hampshire County, MA?
- Tracked electric providers include Massachusetts Electric Co, NSTAR Electric Company.
Amherst Town. Town-level outage counts are in the municipalities table above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Hampshire County.
01002, 01003, 01007, 01012, 01026, 01027, 01032, 01033, 01035, 01038, 01039, 01050, 01053, 01060, 01062, 01063, 01066, 01070, 01073, 01075, 01082, 01084, 01088, 01096, 01098, 01243
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 Hampshire County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Massachusetts →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Electric Co | 2.2 hrs | Live · county | - |
| NSTAR Electric Company | 1.9 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Town of South Hadley - (MA) | - | No live feed | - |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | - | 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/25015 and /api/v1/counties/25015/history. Live data as of .