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2018 Maine Power Outage Report

In 2018, the average Maine customer went without power for about 10.9 hours, the 7th worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
10.9
vs prior year
▼ 71%
vs 2017
Customer-hours out
8.9M
Peak customers out
86,346
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
96%
of ME customers
Counties reporting
16

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, 2018

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

CSVJSON
Maine customer-hours without power by month, 2018Jan 778K, Feb 224K, Mar 1.1M, Apr 325K, May 517K, Jun 391K, Jul 452K, Aug 354K, Sep 600K, Oct 1.4M, Nov 2.8M, Dec 103K01M2M3M778KJan224KFeb1.1MMar325KApr517KMay391KJun452KJul354KAug600KSep1.4MOct2.8MNov103KDec
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All 16 Maine counties, 2018

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Franklin County30.1619K20,5329,338471
2Piscataquis County29.3299K10,2035,521467
3Somerset County27.1528K19,5248,334561
4Oxford County25.9989K38,20510,342697
5Hancock County23.9744K31,07915,786772
6Lincoln County21.9512K23,4367,877502
7Washington County15.4234K15,1445,554496
8York County15.21.2M76,99619,958746
9Waldo County11.3256K22,6846,652468
10Penobscot County9.6850K88,12823,3691,046
11Sagadahoc County9.6239K24,8394,175324
12Knox County9.1140K15,3433,983470
13Aroostook County7.8328K42,05310,354568
14Cumberland County5.41.2M227,40115,315824
15Androscoggin County5.1394K77,6438,063633
16Kennebec County4.7414K87,7605,942748

Biggest Maine outages of 2018

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Penobscot County, MENovember 3, 2018 20:00November 6, 2018 01:302d 5h23,369333K
2York County, MEMarch 7, 2018 23:15March 10, 2018 15:152d 16h19,958345K
3Hancock County, MENovember 3, 2018 11:15November 6, 2018 03:152d 16h15,786326K
4Cumberland County, MEOctober 16, 2018 04:45October 18, 2018 01:451d 21h15,315121K
5Cumberland County, MESeptember 6, 2018 12:30September 8, 2018 09:301d 21h12,717144K
6Penobscot County, MEApril 5, 2018 02:30April 5, 2018 21:3019h11,85427K
7Aroostook County, MENovember 4, 2018 00:15November 5, 2018 23:301d 23h10,354133K
8Oxford County, MEOctober 15, 2018 23:00October 19, 2018 07:003d 8h10,342127K
9Aroostook County, MEJuly 23, 2018 14:15July 23, 2018 15:0045m10,3007,198
10Oxford County, MENovember 27, 2018 03:00November 29, 2018 22:302d 19h9,955279K
11Franklin County, MEMay 5, 2018 06:00May 7, 2018 13:452d 7h9,33891K
12Hancock County, MEOctober 3, 2018 10:30October 3, 2018 17:307h9,2207,425
13Cumberland County, MENovember 27, 2018 02:00November 29, 2018 20:452d 18h9,088141K
14York County, MENovember 3, 2018 22:00November 4, 2018 22:451d8,71486K
15York County, MEJune 10, 2018 22:00June 10, 2018 23:451h 45m8,6408,682
16Penobscot County, MEJune 19, 2018 12:30June 20, 2018 02:3014h8,62727K
17Oxford County, MEJanuary 23, 2018 16:30January 25, 2018 15:001d 22h8,570164K
18Somerset County, MEOctober 16, 2018 05:30October 19, 2018 02:152d 20h8,334117K
19Cumberland County, MEJanuary 23, 2018 11:15January 25, 2018 15:002d 3h8,21776K
20York County, MENovember 27, 2018 07:45November 29, 2018 23:152d 15h8,19387K
21Androscoggin County, MEJune 3, 2018 10:45June 3, 2018 12:301h 45m8,06314K
22York County, MENovember 3, 2018 17:45November 3, 2018 21:153h 30m8,04211K
23Lincoln County, MESeptember 6, 2018 15:00September 8, 2018 18:302d 3h7,877125K
24Cumberland County, MEApril 16, 2018 14:30April 17, 2018 21:301d 7h7,60738K
25Oxford County, MEMay 5, 2018 05:45May 6, 2018 17:451d 12h7,48259K
EAGLE-I tracked about 96% of Maine's electricity customers in 2018; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Maine by year:2025202420232022202120202019201720162015
Other states in 2018:NCVAWVMARIVTMINJ

Part of the 2018 US Power Outage Report.

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