Power Outages in Strafford County, NH
As of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC, no outages are reported by Public Service Co of NH and New Hampshire Elec Coop Inc in Strafford County, NH. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.6 hours.
Strafford County, NH is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/new-hampshire/strafford-county
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- October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Strafford County, NH", live data as of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/new-hampshire/strafford-county
No active outages are reported by Public Service Co of NH and New Hampshire Elec Coop Inc in Strafford County.
60%of this county's ~112,441 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Service Co of NH | Live · county | 0 | 65,509 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| New Hampshire Elec Coop Inc | Live · county | 0 | 2,089 | 0.0% | - | - | - |
Public Service Co of NH and New Hampshire Elec Coop Inc 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 Strafford County
Town-by-town counts as reported by Eversource New Hampshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No outages reported in any town by Eversource New Hampshire. | ||||||
Show 13 towns with no outages
| BARRINGTON | Eversource New Hampshire | 0 | 4,957 | 0.0% | - | - |
| DOVER | Eversource New Hampshire | 0 | 18,386 | 0.0% | - | - |
| DURHAM | Eversource New Hampshire | 0 | 3,939 | 0.0% | - | - |
| FARMINGTON | Eversource New Hampshire | 0 | 3,238 | 0.0% | - | - |
| LEE | Eversource New Hampshire | 0 | 1,582 | 0.0% | - | - |
| MADBURY | Eversource New Hampshire | 0 | 875 | 0.0% | - | - |
| MIDDLETON | Eversource New Hampshire | 0 | 1,042 | 0.0% | - | - |
| MILTON | Eversource New Hampshire | 0 | 2,646 | 0.0% | - | - |
| NEW DURHAM | Eversource New Hampshire | 0 | 638 | 0.0% | - | - |
| ROCHESTER | Eversource New Hampshire | 0 | 18,189 | 0.0% | - | - |
| ROLLINSFORD | Eversource New Hampshire | 0 | 1,298 | 0.0% | - | - |
| SOMERSWORTH | Eversource New Hampshire | 0 | 6,510 | 0.0% | - | - |
| STRAFFORD | Eversource New Hampshire | 0 | 2,209 | 0.0% | - | - |
Active outages in Strafford 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 Strafford 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 (16)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03867 | 228 | ≤11 | 178 | ≤11 |
| 03820 | 223 | ≤11 | 161 | ≤11 |
| 03878 | 108 | ≤11 | 81 | ≤11 |
| 03868 | 83 | ≤11 | 68 | 0 |
| 03835 | 67 | ≤11 | 54 | ≤11 |
| 03825 | 65 | ≤11 | 50 | 0 |
| 03824 | 47 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 03851 | 37 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 03884 | 30 | ≤11 | 21 | 0 |
| 03887 | 28 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 03855 | 28 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 03861 | 26 | ≤11 | 17 | ≤11 |
| 03839 | 24 | ≤11 | 20 | 0 |
| 03869 | 16 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 03852 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 03823 | ≤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 Strafford County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Strafford County right now.
Strafford County has been under 3 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 11, 2026.
- Frost Advisory ×3
Latest Strafford County, NH outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 33m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 915 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,741 customers out (1.9% of the county)
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Strafford County went about 1.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 29,633 customers.
The US EIA reports New Hampshire utilities averaged 2.5 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 1.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 24,097 customers out) · decade average 5.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 353 | 14,806 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 616 | 7,738 | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 676 | 29,633 | 11.5 |
| 2018 | 735 | 11,409 | 2.8 |
| 2019 | 484 | 7,820 | 1.6 |
| 2020 | 742 | 11,279 | 4.8 |
| 2021 | 698 | 7,769 | 2.7 |
| 2022 | 643 | 17,206 | 5.4 |
| 2023 | 624 | 20,731 | 8.6 |
| 2024 | 750 | 24,097 | 13.7 |
| 2025 | 714 | 5,195 | 1.6 |
Cost of power in Strafford County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Strafford 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.
- Public Service Co of NH24.2¢263,458 cust
- New Hampshire Elec Coop Inc24.7¢70,173 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 ice storms exposure · 5.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Strafford County: FAQ
- How often does Strafford County, NH lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Strafford County, NH logged 714 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Strafford County, NH?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 29,633 customers without power, beginning October 29, 2017 and lasting about 6d.
- Is there a power outage in Strafford County, NH right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Strafford County, NH. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Strafford County, NH?
- Tracked electric providers include New Hampshire Elec Coop Inc, Public Service Co of NH.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Strafford County.
03820, 03823, 03824, 03825, 03835, 03839, 03851, 03852, 03855, 03861, 03867, 03868, 03869, 03878, 03884, 03887
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Service Co of NH | 2.7 hrs | Live · county | - |
| New Hampshire Elec Coop Inc | - | 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 New Hampshire customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/33017 and /api/v1/counties/33017/history.