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2019 Washington County, ME Power Outage Report
In 2019, customers in Washington County, ME went without power for an average of 12.3 hours, a total of 186K customer-hours (Maine average 6.1 hours). That ranks 5th worst of 16 Maine counties and 442nd of 2,945 nationally.
Compared with ME, the US and 2018
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Maine customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Washington County, 2019
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 17, 2019 10:15 | October 20, 2019 01:00 | 2d 14h | 9,121 | 114K |
| 2 | December 9, 2019 23:15 | December 11, 2019 00:30 | 1d 1h | 3,208 | 11K |
| 3 | November 28, 2019 14:00 | November 28, 2019 23:00 | 9h | 2,766 | 4,195 |
| 4 | November 1, 2019 03:15 | November 3, 2019 00:00 | 1d 20h | 2,492 | 19K |
| 5 | January 1, 2019 08:30 | January 1, 2019 20:00 | 11h 30m | 2,266 | 8,715 |
| 6 | October 24, 2019 16:15 | October 24, 2019 18:30 | 2h 15m | 1,659 | 847 |
| 7 | March 23, 2019 14:15 | March 23, 2019 15:00 | 45m | 1,248 | 764 |
| 8 | March 4, 2019 12:45 | March 4, 2019 16:30 | 3h 45m | 1,148 | 990 |
| 9 | September 14, 2019 07:30 | September 14, 2019 09:15 | 1h 45m | 1,047 | 1,107 |
| 10 | February 14, 2019 06:30 | February 14, 2019 10:00 | 3h 30m | 728 | 2,181 |
Outage episodes by size in 2019: 45 reached 100+ customers, 9 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 2019, 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 2019; 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, 2019, 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/2019/maine/washington-county