Power Outages in Suffolk County, MA
As of October 19, 2026 07:15 UTC, about 875 customers are without power in Suffolk County, MA across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Massachusetts Bay Trans Authority, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.9 hours.
Suffolk County, MA is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 07:15 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Suffolk County, MA", live data as of October 19, 2026 07:15 UTC. https://massoutage.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county
Not counted: no live feed for Massachusetts Bay Trans Authority.
0.0%of this county's ~1,666,496 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Massachusetts Bay Trans Authority. 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 | 875 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Massachusetts Bay Trans Authority | 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 Suffolk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOSTON | NSTAR Electric Company | 875 | 409,913 | 0.2% | - | - |
Active outages in Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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 (31)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02151 | 251 | ≤11 | 154 | ≤11 |
| 02124 | 244 | 12 | 102 | ≤11 |
| 02136 | 201 | ≤11 | 103 | ≤11 |
| 02119 | 178 | ≤11 | 82 | ≤11 |
| 02130 | 172 | ≤11 | 79 | ≤11 |
| 02131 | 156 | ≤11 | 70 | ≤11 |
| 02132 | 151 | ≤11 | 72 | ≤11 |
| 02128 | 143 | ≤11 | 72 | 0 |
| 02127 | 140 | ≤11 | 82 | ≤11 |
| 02121 | 137 | 0 | 56 | ≤11 |
| 02125 | 130 | ≤11 | 49 | ≤11 |
| 02135 | 129 | ≤11 | 61 | ≤11 |
| 02118 | 120 | ≤11 | 50 | ≤11 |
| 02150 | 119 | ≤11 | 60 | ≤11 |
| 02126 | 119 | ≤11 | 48 | ≤11 |
| 02122 | 109 | ≤11 | 53 | ≤11 |
| 02116 | 95 | ≤11 | 37 | ≤11 |
| 02152 | 94 | ≤11 | 57 | ≤11 |
| 02129 | 83 | ≤11 | 36 | ≤11 |
| 02114 | 63 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 02115 | 55 | ≤11 | 22 | ≤11 |
| 02111 | 53 | ≤11 | 16 | ≤11 |
| 02120 | 50 | ≤11 | 19 | ≤11 |
| 02134 | 44 | ≤11 | 20 | 0 |
| 02215 | 28 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 02113 | 13 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 02109 | 13 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 02210 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 02199 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 02110 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 02108 | ≤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 Suffolk County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Suffolk County right now.
Suffolk County has been under 34 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Coastal Flood Advisory on September 28, 2026.
- High Surf Advisory ×7
- High Wind Warning ×5
- Flood Warning ×5
- Coastal Flood Warning ×4
- Flood Watch ×4
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×3
Latest Suffolk County, MA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 875 customers out (0.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 45m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 491 customers out
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 3,221 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 5,859 customers out (0.6% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 754 customers out (0.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 5m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 626 customers out (0.1% of the county)
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Suffolk County went about 0.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 27,817 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 0.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 11,082 customers out) · decade average 0.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 384 | 10,428 | 0.7 |
| 2016 | 742 | 12,603 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | 900 | 6,486 | 0.6 |
| 2018 | 688 | 11,082 | 1.1 |
| 2019 | 614 | 9,193 | 0.6 |
| 2020 | 861 | 9,052 | 0.7 |
| 2021 | 838 | 8,264 | 0.6 |
| 2022 | 963 | 22,288 | 0.6 |
| 2023 | 944 | 15,082 | 0.7 |
| 2024 | 983 | 10,679 | 0.6 |
| 2025 | 808 | 27,817 | 0.9 |
Cost of power in Suffolk County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Suffolk 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.
Relatively High hurricanes exposure · 0.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Suffolk County: FAQ
- How often does Suffolk County, MA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Suffolk County, MA logged 808 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Suffolk County, MA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 27,817 customers without power, beginning May 14, 2025 and lasting about 1d 3h.
- Is there a power outage in Suffolk County, MA right now?
- Yes, about 875 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Suffolk County, MA?
- Tracked electric providers include Massachusetts Electric Co, NSTAR Electric Company.
Boston, Revere. Town-level outage counts are in the municipalities table above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Suffolk County.
02108, 02109, 02110, 02111, 02113, 02114, 02115, 02116, 02118, 02119, 02120, 02121, 02122, 02124, 02125, 02126, 02127, 02128, 02129, 02130, 02131, 02132, 02133, 02134, 02135, 02136, 02150, 02151, 02152, 02163, 02199, 02203, 02205, 02210, 02215
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Electric Co | 2.2 hrs | Live · county | - |
| NSTAR Electric Company | 1.9 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Massachusetts Bay Trans Authority | - | 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/25025 and /api/v1/counties/25025/history. Live data as of .