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2022 Maine Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average Maine customer went without power for about 22.0 hours, the 1st worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
22.0
vs prior year
▲ 246%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
18.1M
Peak customers out
273,749
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, 2022

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

CSVJSON
Maine customer-hours without power by month, 2022Jan 388K, Feb 604K, Mar 243K, Apr 370K, May 210K, Jun 218K, Jul 578K, Aug 313K, Sep 385K, Oct 978K, Nov 328K, Dec 13.4M05M10M15M388KJan604KFeb243KMar370KApr210KMay218KJun578KJul313KAug385KSep978KOct328KNov13.4MDec
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All 16 Maine counties, 2022

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Oxford County55.22.1M38,20525,494781
2Hancock County53.81.7M31,07926,662741
3York County40.43.1M76,99648,991889
4Lincoln County35.6834K23,43615,863543
5Piscataquis County27.6281K10,2033,583484
6Waldo County26.6604K22,68419,508531
7Knox County26.4405K15,34310,269534
8Sagadahoc County26.4655K24,83911,815413
9Somerset County24.7482K19,5249,608729
10Washington County24.4370K15,14410,230505
11Franklin County21.0431K20,5326,585617
12Penobscot County15.41.4M88,12824,437974
13Androscoggin County14.91.2M77,64314,617793
14Cumberland County13.93.2M227,40160,853958
15Aroostook County11.7493K42,05323,323571
16Kennebec County10.6927K87,76015,504925

Biggest Maine outages of 2022

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Cumberland County, MEDecember 23, 2022 09:30December 29, 2022 02:155d 16h60,8531.9M
2York County, MEDecember 23, 2022 08:45January 1, 2023 00:008d 15h48,9912.1M
3Hancock County, MEDecember 23, 2022 12:45January 1, 2023 00:008d 11h26,6621.2M
4Oxford County, MEDecember 16, 2022 21:45December 20, 2022 12:003d 14h25,4941.2M
5Penobscot County, MEDecember 23, 2022 13:15December 30, 2022 00:156d 11h24,437728K
6Aroostook County, MEDecember 23, 2022 17:00December 27, 2022 22:004d 5h23,323286K
7York County, MEOctober 14, 2022 03:45October 16, 2022 18:152d 14h21,078233K
8Waldo County, MESeptember 23, 2022 20:00September 24, 2022 22:301d 2h19,50834K
9Cumberland County, MEOctober 14, 2022 00:00October 17, 2022 00:153d16,789139K
10Lincoln County, MEDecember 23, 2022 09:30December 29, 2022 03:005d 17h15,863540K
11Oxford County, MEDecember 23, 2022 09:30December 30, 2022 02:006d 16h15,647576K
12Kennebec County, MEDecember 23, 2022 11:00December 26, 2022 23:003d 12h15,504286K
13Waldo County, MEDecember 23, 2022 05:15December 29, 2022 23:456d 18h15,287404K
14Androscoggin County, MEDecember 16, 2022 23:15December 20, 2022 12:003d 12h14,617351K
15Androscoggin County, MEDecember 23, 2022 11:30December 28, 2022 08:454d 21h14,160405K
16Androscoggin County, MEOctober 14, 2022 02:30October 16, 2022 10:002d 7h12,680157K
17York County, MEDecember 16, 2022 11:00December 20, 2022 12:004d 1h12,136306K
18Sagadahoc County, MEDecember 23, 2022 09:45December 27, 2022 16:004d 6h11,815412K
19Cumberland County, MEApril 19, 2022 05:45April 20, 2022 21:151d 15h11,58067K
20Aroostook County, MEJanuary 19, 2022 22:00January 19, 2022 23:301h 30m11,43715K
21Penobscot County, MEDecember 17, 2022 06:00December 20, 2022 19:153d 13h11,142186K
22Cumberland County, MEDecember 16, 2022 19:00December 20, 2022 12:003d 17h10,844462K
23York County, MEMarch 5, 2022 14:45March 5, 2022 17:002h 15m10,3835,946
24Knox County, MEDecember 23, 2022 08:45December 28, 2022 00:304d 15h10,269285K
25Washington County, MEDecember 23, 2022 13:00December 31, 2022 00:157d 11h10,230257K
EAGLE-I tracked about 96% of Maine's electricity customers in 2022; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Maine by year:2025202420232021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2022:FLWVNCVTAKMIVATN

Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report.

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