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2024 Maine Power Outage Report

In 2024, the average Maine customer went without power for about 38.0 hours, the 2nd worst of 51 states (US average 11.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
38.0
vs prior year
▼ 2%
vs 2023
Customer-hours out
31.2M
Peak customers out
332,458
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
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, 2024

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

CSVJSON
Maine customer-hours without power by month, 2024Jan 951K, Feb 474K, Mar 7.5M, Apr 15.1M, May 224K, Jun 888K, Jul 453K, Aug 375K, Sep 157K, Oct 1.4M, Nov 2.0M, Dec 1.6M05M10M15M20M951KJan474KFeb7.5MMar15.1MApr224KMay888KJun453KJul375KAug157KSep1.4MOct2.0MNov1.6MDec
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All 16 Maine counties, 2024

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Lincoln County88.12.1M23,43622,945668
2York County85.46.6M76,99676,996988
3Sagadahoc County61.41.5M24,83915,771523
4Hancock County55.41.7M31,07931,079835
5Oxford County52.22.0M38,20525,282742
6Piscataquis County47.7486K10,20310,203475
7Somerset County41.1803K19,52414,427754
8Cumberland County37.38.5M227,401105,5291,001
9Knox County36.3557K15,34311,265668
10Waldo County34.2777K22,68412,886653
11Androscoggin County26.72.1M77,64340,532827
12Franklin County25.3519K20,53213,392591
13Washington County22.8346K15,14413,616523
14Penobscot County17.41.5M88,12823,3421,075
15Kennebec County13.91.2M87,76018,683967
16Aroostook County11.4481K42,05324,386495

Biggest Maine outages of 2024

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Cumberland County, MEApril 4, 2024 03:00April 11, 2024 00:006d 21h105,5294.4M
2Cumberland County, MEMarch 23, 2024 20:15March 28, 2024 09:004d 12h89,0453.1M
3York County, MEApril 3, 2024 21:45April 13, 2024 14:009d 16h76,9964.5M
4York County, MEMarch 23, 2024 22:00March 27, 2024 23:004d 1h47,5051.4M
5Androscoggin County, MEApril 4, 2024 02:45April 9, 2024 15:005d 12h40,5321.6M
6Hancock County, MEJuly 8, 2024 23:00July 9, 2024 03:154h 15m31,07937K
7Oxford County, MEApril 4, 2024 03:00April 10, 2024 17:306d 14h25,2821.5M
8Aroostook County, MEDecember 12, 2024 06:00December 13, 2024 06:301d24,386277K
9Penobscot County, MENovember 28, 2024 23:45December 1, 2024 10:152d 10h23,342459K
10Lincoln County, MEApril 4, 2024 02:45April 10, 2024 02:005d 23h22,9451.1M
11Hancock County, MEDecember 11, 2024 21:30December 16, 2024 00:304d 3h22,539432K
12Penobscot County, MEDecember 11, 2024 20:00December 14, 2024 19:002d 23h20,197358K
13Kennebec County, MEApril 4, 2024 06:15April 10, 2024 03:155d 21h18,683461K
14Hancock County, MEMarch 23, 2024 20:45March 26, 2024 23:003d 2h18,230335K
15Sagadahoc County, MEMarch 24, 2024 00:00March 27, 2024 21:303d 21h15,771591K
16Hancock County, MEApril 4, 2024 07:45April 6, 2024 21:302d 13h15,530249K
17Sagadahoc County, MEApril 4, 2024 07:00April 10, 2024 19:156d 12h15,088699K
18Hancock County, MEFebruary 5, 2024 06:15February 5, 2024 08:302h 15m14,50720K
19Somerset County, MENovember 28, 2024 22:15December 1, 2024 12:002d 13h14,427345K
20Washington County, MEJanuary 10, 2024 10:45January 13, 2024 02:152d 15h13,61661K
21Lincoln County, MEMarch 24, 2024 00:00March 28, 2024 19:154d 19h13,515516K
22Franklin County, MEAugust 26, 2024 08:45August 26, 2024 12:153h 30m13,39216K
23Waldo County, MEMarch 23, 2024 23:30March 27, 2024 14:003d 14h12,886308K
24Cumberland County, MEOctober 12, 2024 10:45October 14, 2024 19:302d 8h12,44388K
25Hancock County, MEJanuary 10, 2024 04:30January 16, 2024 19:456d 15h12,148242K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Maine's electricity customers in 2024; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Maine by year:2025202320222021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2024:SCNCGATXFLWVLANH

Part of the 2024 US Power Outage Report.

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