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2019 Maine Power Outage Report

In 2019, the average Maine customer went without power for about 6.1 hours, the 9th worst of 51 states (US average 4.6 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
6.1
vs prior year
▼ 44%
vs 2018
Customer-hours out
5.0M
Peak customers out
57,594
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, 2019

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

CSVJSON
Maine customer-hours without power by month, 2019Jan 415K, Feb 339K, Mar 142K, Apr 342K, May 201K, Jun 313K, Jul 94K, Aug 101K, Sep 47K, Oct 776K, Nov 2.0M, Dec 233K0500k1M1.5M2M415KJan339KFeb142KMar342KApr201KMay313KJun94KJul101KAug47KSep776KOct2.0MNov233KDec
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All 16 Maine counties, 2019

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Hancock County39.01.2M31,07921,916736
2Piscataquis County26.1266K10,2036,382330
3Penobscot County15.41.4M88,12837,487961
4Somerset County13.4262K19,5245,851235
5Washington County12.3186K15,1449,121425
6Franklin County8.4172K20,5324,579234
7Aroostook County6.7280K42,0539,427442
8Oxford County6.3241K38,2056,637334
9Lincoln County6.1143K23,4364,429240
10Waldo County3.988K22,6843,783248
11York County2.5194K76,9967,373451
12Knox County2.437K15,3433,294236
13Sagadahoc County2.356K24,8395,288168
14Kennebec County1.4121K87,7604,845356
15Androscoggin County1.3100K77,6433,283314
16Cumberland County1.3287K227,4014,968406

Biggest Maine outages of 2019

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Penobscot County, MEOctober 31, 2019 23:00November 5, 2019 01:454d 2h37,487848K
2Hancock County, MEOctober 17, 2019 06:45October 21, 2019 00:003d 17h21,916523K
3Hancock County, MEOctober 31, 2019 12:30November 5, 2019 02:004d 13h16,627347K
4Penobscot County, MEOctober 17, 2019 08:30October 21, 2019 10:004d 1h10,610101K
5Aroostook County, MENovember 1, 2019 02:00November 5, 2019 00:003d 22h9,427189K
6Hancock County, MEAugust 13, 2019 09:15August 13, 2019 23:3014h 15m9,31754K
7Washington County, MEOctober 17, 2019 10:15October 20, 2019 01:002d 14h9,121114K
8Penobscot County, MENovember 28, 2019 04:45November 30, 2019 21:152d 16h8,004101K
9Penobscot County, MEFebruary 16, 2019 09:00February 16, 2019 11:302h 30m7,95420K
10Hancock County, MEJune 11, 2019 16:30June 11, 2019 17:0030m7,8383,919
11York County, MEMay 28, 2019 15:30May 28, 2019 17:001h 30m7,3738,367
12Hancock County, MEJanuary 24, 2019 15:45January 26, 2019 22:452d 7h7,136112K
13Oxford County, MEJanuary 9, 2019 11:45January 11, 2019 18:302d 6h6,63773K
14Hancock County, MEJune 6, 2019 06:15June 6, 2019 11:004h 45m6,5172,519
15Piscataquis County, MENovember 28, 2019 05:15November 30, 2019 19:452d 14h6,382101K
16Somerset County, MENovember 28, 2019 04:45November 30, 2019 23:302d 18h5,851126K
17Sagadahoc County, MEJune 20, 2019 18:15June 20, 2019 21:002h 45m5,28812K
18Cumberland County, MEApril 27, 2019 04:45April 27, 2019 20:0015h 15m4,96842K
19Kennebec County, MEDecember 15, 2019 13:30December 17, 2019 02:301d 13h4,84511K
20Penobscot County, MEJuly 12, 2019 13:45July 12, 2019 18:455h4,7227,703
21Penobscot County, MEJanuary 17, 2019 13:00January 17, 2019 17:154h 15m4,65113K
22Franklin County, MENovember 28, 2019 03:45November 30, 2019 04:302d4,57982K
23Hancock County, MEJune 13, 2019 22:30June 14, 2019 16:3018h4,51815K
24Lincoln County, MEMay 14, 2019 17:15May 15, 2019 02:159h4,42933K
25Penobscot County, MEDecember 20, 2019 00:00December 20, 2019 09:309h 30m4,29724K
EAGLE-I tracked about 96% of Maine's electricity customers in 2019; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Maine by year:2025202420232022202120202018201720162015
Other states in 2019:WVMINCLACAVTVAAR

Part of the 2019 US Power Outage Report.

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