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2015 Maine Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average Maine customer went without power for about 2.8 hours, the 15th worst of 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
2.8
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
2.2M
Peak customers out
24,450
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of ME customers
Counties reporting
15

Maine year over year

Maine: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 2.8h; 2016: 7.8h; 2017: 37.6h; 2018: 10.9h, coverage 96%; 2019: 6.1h, coverage 96%; 2020: 36.8h, coverage 96%; 2021: 6.4h, coverage 96%; 2022: 22.0h, coverage 96%; 2023: 38.6h; 2024: 37.9h; 2025: 6.3h0102030400%50%100%2.8h20157.8h201637.6h201710.9h20186.1h201936.8h20206.4h202122.0h202238.6h202337.9h20246.3h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2015

Customer-hours without power across Maine; October was the worst.

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Maine customer-hours without power by month, 2015Jan 211K, Feb 96K, Mar 141K, Apr 128K, May 202K, Jun 112K, Jul 145K, Aug 270K, Sep 256K, Oct 381K, Nov 143K, Dec 139K0100k200k300k400k211KJan96KFeb141KMar128KApr202KMay112KJun145KJul270KAug256KSep381KOct143KNov139KDec
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All 15 Maine counties, 2015

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Piscataquis County20.9213K10,2035,310684
2Hancock County8.6267K31,07911,197613
3Washington County4.974K15,1447,802343
4Lincoln County3.991K23,4363,050518
5Penobscot County3.7329K88,1285,342788
6York County3.6278K76,9965,727857
7Oxford County3.2121K38,2052,762616
8Waldo County3.171K22,6845,193463
9Franklin County2.654K20,5323,001455
10Knox County2.640K15,3432,504434
11Aroostook County2.293K42,0533,686386
12Sagadahoc County1.845K24,8393,616346
13Androscoggin County1.7128K77,6436,270694
14Kennebec County1.6138K87,7603,988827
15Cumberland County1.2281K227,4013,497905

Biggest Maine outages of 2015

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Hancock County, MESeptember 30, 2015 12:30October 2, 2015 20:302d 8h11,19772K
2Hancock County, MEMay 28, 2015 22:30May 29, 2015 22:1523h 45m9,73012K
3Hancock County, MEOctober 29, 2015 04:45October 30, 2015 02:0021h 15m8,41627K
4Hancock County, MESeptember 19, 2015 10:00September 19, 2015 18:458h 45m8,21035K
5Washington County, MEDecember 11, 2015 16:15December 11, 2015 16:4530m7,8023,470
6Hancock County, MEJanuary 14, 2015 15:45January 15, 2015 00:308h 45m7,46617K
7Androscoggin County, MEOctober 29, 2015 20:00October 30, 2015 07:3011h 30m6,27011K
8Androscoggin County, MEMarch 17, 2015 21:30March 18, 2015 18:0020h 30m6,09522K
9York County, MEJanuary 22, 2015 15:00January 23, 2015 01:4510h 45m5,72713K
10Penobscot County, MEAugust 22, 2015 03:15August 22, 2015 14:3011h 15m5,3423,290
11Piscataquis County, MEAugust 30, 2015 18:30August 30, 2015 22:153h 45m5,31013K
12Hancock County, MEApril 21, 2015 06:00April 21, 2015 18:1512h 15m5,2728,356
13Waldo County, MEMay 11, 2015 02:00May 11, 2015 03:451h 45m5,1938,656
14York County, MEJuly 19, 2015 12:15July 21, 2015 03:451d 15h4,89435K
15Penobscot County, MESeptember 10, 2015 12:30September 10, 2015 13:1545m4,8503,638
16Hancock County, MEAugust 27, 2015 20:00August 28, 2015 10:4514h 45m4,6555,902
17Hancock County, MEMarch 27, 2015 00:30March 27, 2015 04:153h 45m4,3544,053
18Penobscot County, MESeptember 30, 2015 01:30October 2, 2015 02:002d4,34260K
19Kennebec County, MESeptember 30, 2015 08:15October 1, 2015 20:301d 12h3,98830K
20York County, MEJanuary 16, 2015 14:30January 16, 2015 19:305h3,7829,497
21Waldo County, MEOctober 29, 2015 03:45October 29, 2015 23:0019h 15m3,77818K
22Aroostook County, MEFebruary 26, 2015 13:30February 26, 2015 19:456h 15m3,6866,130
23Sagadahoc County, MESeptember 30, 2015 17:00October 1, 2015 02:159h 15m3,6166,757
24Penobscot County, MEOctober 29, 2015 05:45October 30, 2015 07:301d 1h3,54217K
25Piscataquis County, MESeptember 29, 2015 19:15October 2, 2015 08:152d 13h3,50541K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Maine's electricity customers in 2015; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Maine by year:2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Other states in 2015:WVWAMINCRILAOKNJ

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.