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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 any US state that year, 1.1× the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
22.0
Peak customers out
60,853
Rank (worst state)
1st
Counties affected
16

Maine outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2022 highlighted.

2.8h20157.8h201637.7h201710.9h20186.1h201936.9h20206.4h202122.0h202238.9h202338.2h20246.3h2025

Hardest-hit Maine counties in 2022

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Cumberland County60,8532York County48,9913Hancock County26,6624Oxford County25,4945Penobscot County24,4376Aroostook County23,3237Waldo County19,5088Lincoln County15,8639Kennebec County15,50410Androscoggin County14,61711Sagadahoc County11,81512Knox County10,26913Washington County10,23014Somerset County9,60815Franklin County6,58516Piscataquis County3,583

Biggest Maine outages of 2022

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Cumberland CountyDecember 23, 202260,853
York CountyDecember 23, 202248,991
Hancock CountyDecember 23, 202226,662
Oxford CountyDecember 16, 202225,494
Penobscot CountyDecember 23, 202224,437
Aroostook CountyDecember 23, 202223,323
York CountyOctober 14, 202221,078
Waldo CountySeptember 23, 202219,508
Cumberland CountyOctober 14, 202216,789
Lincoln CountyDecember 23, 202215,863
Maine by year:20252024202320212020201920182017
Other states in 2022:NCFLWVVTAKMI

Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.