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2018 Washington County, ME Power Outage Report
In 2018, customers in Washington County, ME went without power for an average of 15.4 hours, a total of 234K customer-hours (Maine average 10.9 hours). That ranks 7th worst of 16 Maine counties and 358th of 2,798 nationally.
Compared with ME, the US and 2017
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Maine customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Washington County, 2018
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 14, 2018 01:30 | March 16, 2018 03:45 | 2d 2h | 5,554 | 65K |
| 2 | November 3, 2018 21:00 | November 6, 2018 01:30 | 2d 4h | 4,281 | 84K |
| 3 | October 27, 2018 18:30 | October 29, 2018 00:00 | 1d 5h | 3,431 | 23K |
| 4 | December 11, 2018 21:00 | December 11, 2018 22:30 | 1h 30m | 2,342 | 2,794 |
| 5 | November 14, 2018 08:00 | November 15, 2018 00:45 | 16h 45m | 2,280 | 4,090 |
| 6 | November 6, 2018 14:15 | November 6, 2018 21:00 | 6h 45m | 2,251 | 2,116 |
| 7 | April 18, 2018 18:15 | April 18, 2018 21:45 | 3h 30m | 2,203 | 5,589 |
| 8 | June 19, 2018 03:15 | June 19, 2018 09:00 | 5h 45m | 1,832 | 1,920 |
| 9 | January 4, 2018 17:30 | January 5, 2018 16:15 | 22h 45m | 1,685 | 3,529 |
| 10 | June 25, 2018 19:30 | June 25, 2018 20:00 | 30m | 1,549 | 762 |
Outage episodes by size in 2018: 44 reached 100+ customers, 11 reached 1,000+ customers, 0 reached 10,000+ customers.
Utility reliability filed with the EIA
SAIDI (average outage time per customer) and SAIFI (average interruptions per customer) that utilities serving Washington County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2018, or their most recent earlier filing. Utility-wide figures, not county-specific.
| Utility | EIA year | SAIDI | SAIFI | SAIDI excl. major events | SAIFI excl. major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Versant Power | 2018 | 13.0 hrs | 3.13 | 6.6 hrs | 2.52 |
| Eastern Maine Electric Coop | 2018 | 12.1 hrs | 6.45 | 7.9 hrs | 4.96 |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about 96% of Maine's customers in 2018; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 15,144 customers (ORNL modeled county customer count), including major storm days. It is comparable across counties but is not the SAIDI a utility files.
- An outage event is a continuous stretch with customers out; counts at 100, 1,000 and 10,000+ use its peak.
- Years loaded: 2015–2025. Washington County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Washington County, ME annual power outage report, 2018, data as of Oct 3, 2026 02:41 UTC, sources: DOE EAGLE-I (https://eagle-i.doe.gov/); EAGLE-I modeled customer counts (MCC) (https://figshare.com/); EIA Form 861 (utility reliability) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/). https://massoutage.com/reports/2018/maine/washington-county