2021 Rhode Island Power Outage Report
In 2021, the average Rhode Island customer went without power for about 8.1 hours, the 12th worst of 51 states (US average 8.4 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
8.1
vs prior year
▼ 18%
vs 2020
Customer-hours out
4.1M
Peak customers out
105,420
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
99%
of RI customers
Counties reporting
5
Rhode Island year over year
All 5 Rhode Island counties, 2021
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington County | 47.0 | 2.3M | 48,730 | 48,730 | 704 |
| 2 | Kent County | 6.0 | 722K | 120,795 | 33,386 | 623 |
| 3 | Bristol County | 5.6 | 190K | 33,839 | 19,130 | 222 |
| 4 | Newport County | 4.4 | 274K | 62,021 | 11,905 | 414 |
| 5 | Providence County | 2.6 | 620K | 242,599 | 29,389 | 1,061 |
Biggest Rhode Island outages of 2021
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington County, RI | August 22, 2021 09:30 | August 27, 2021 05:00 | 4d 19h | 48,730 | 1.5M |
| 2 | Washington County, RI | October 26, 2021 14:00 | October 31, 2021 01:15 | 4d 11h | 42,616 | 533K |
| 3 | Kent County, RI | October 27, 2021 01:30 | October 30, 2021 02:30 | 3d 1h | 33,386 | 391K |
| 4 | Providence County, RI | October 26, 2021 12:30 | October 30, 2021 05:00 | 3d 16h | 29,389 | 234K |
| 5 | Bristol County, RI | October 27, 2021 01:30 | October 30, 2021 01:00 | 2d 23h | 19,130 | 151K |
| 6 | Kent County, RI | August 22, 2021 11:30 | August 25, 2021 17:30 | 3d 6h | 13,682 | 254K |
| 7 | Newport County, RI | August 22, 2021 13:00 | August 25, 2021 01:00 | 2d 12h | 11,905 | 83K |
| 8 | Washington County, RI | November 13, 2021 21:00 | November 15, 2021 20:45 | 1d 23h | 9,868 | 67K |
| 9 | Providence County, RI | March 1, 2021 18:15 | March 4, 2021 01:00 | 2d 6h | 8,969 | 42K |
| 10 | Newport County, RI | October 27, 2021 02:45 | October 31, 2021 00:30 | 3d 21h | 8,644 | 112K |
| 11 | Providence County, RI | August 22, 2021 12:45 | August 25, 2021 02:45 | 2d 14h | 7,865 | 77K |
| 12 | Washington County, RI | July 20, 2021 16:15 | July 21, 2021 01:00 | 8h 45m | 7,580 | 11K |
| 13 | Newport County, RI | July 6, 2021 18:45 | July 8, 2021 21:30 | 2d 2h | 7,204 | 25K |
| 14 | Providence County, RI | July 17, 2021 10:30 | July 18, 2021 06:45 | 20h 15m | 6,981 | 20K |
| 15 | Washington County, RI | February 1, 2021 20:15 | February 3, 2021 05:45 | 1d 9h | 6,931 | 34K |
| 16 | Providence County, RI | September 6, 2021 04:30 | September 6, 2021 16:30 | 12h | 5,808 | 9,788 |
| 17 | Providence County, RI | March 18, 2021 14:15 | March 19, 2021 06:15 | 16h | 5,753 | 11K |
| 18 | Providence County, RI | July 16, 2021 11:45 | July 17, 2021 02:45 | 15h | 5,222 | 2,492 |
| 19 | Providence County, RI | March 4, 2021 14:45 | March 4, 2021 19:30 | 4h 45m | 5,155 | 6,248 |
| 20 | Providence County, RI | June 30, 2021 10:15 | July 2, 2021 09:30 | 1d 23h | 5,038 | 9,125 |
| 21 | Washington County, RI | November 12, 2021 18:00 | November 13, 2021 08:45 | 14h 45m | 4,947 | 8,564 |
| 22 | Newport County, RI | December 22, 2021 13:00 | December 22, 2021 17:00 | 4h | 4,833 | 3,402 |
| 23 | Washington County, RI | March 1, 2021 18:45 | March 1, 2021 20:00 | 1h 15m | 4,831 | 3,620 |
| 24 | Bristol County, RI | July 28, 2021 13:30 | July 28, 2021 14:30 | 1h | 4,766 | 1,192 |
| 25 | Providence County, RI | December 18, 2021 21:00 | December 19, 2021 00:30 | 3h 30m | 4,632 | 6,474 |
EAGLE-I tracked about 99% of Rhode Island's electricity customers in 2021; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2021 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.