2025 Rhode Island Power Outage Report
In 2025, the average Rhode Island customer went without power for about 2.5 hours, the 44th worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.5
vs prior year
▲ 40%
vs 2024
Customer-hours out
1.3M
Peak customers out
50,361
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of RI customers
Counties reporting
5
Rhode Island year over year
All 5 Rhode Island counties, 2025
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 | 3.6 | 175K | 48,730 | 3,412 | 209 |
| 2 | Bristol County | 3.3 | 113K | 33,839 | 10,623 | 309 |
| 3 | Providence County | 2.6 | 642K | 242,599 | 21,067 | 878 |
| 4 | Kent County | 2.0 | 236K | 120,795 | 15,691 | 840 |
| 5 | Newport County | 1.6 | 100K | 62,021 | 15,344 | 682 |
Biggest Rhode Island outages of 2025
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Providence County, RI | July 4, 2025 12:15 | July 4, 2025 16:00 | 3h 45m | 21,067 | 79K |
| 2 | Providence County, RI | December 19, 2025 11:45 | December 22, 2025 01:45 | 2d 14h | 16,619 | 138K |
| 3 | Providence County, RI | July 21, 2025 11:45 | July 22, 2025 04:30 | 16h 45m | 16,062 | 12K |
| 4 | Kent County, RI | July 4, 2025 12:15 | July 4, 2025 16:00 | 3h 45m | 15,691 | 59K |
| 5 | Newport County, RI | December 19, 2025 17:30 | December 20, 2025 21:30 | 1d 4h | 15,344 | 35K |
| 6 | Bristol County, RI | July 4, 2025 12:15 | July 4, 2025 16:00 | 3h 45m | 10,623 | 40K |
| 7 | Kent County, RI | July 9, 2025 10:45 | July 10, 2025 01:15 | 14h 30m | 9,173 | 8,605 |
| 8 | Providence County, RI | July 5, 2025 01:45 | July 7, 2025 06:15 | 2d 4h | 7,313 | 102K |
| 9 | Providence County, RI | March 6, 2025 04:15 | March 11, 2025 11:45 | 5d 7h | 6,325 | 33K |
| 10 | Providence County, RI | August 26, 2025 12:30 | August 27, 2025 00:15 | 11h 45m | 6,319 | 3,482 |
| 11 | Providence County, RI | October 5, 2025 11:15 | October 6, 2025 00:00 | 12h 45m | 5,845 | 4,484 |
| 12 | Kent County, RI | July 23, 2025 16:30 | July 24, 2025 02:45 | 10h 15m | 5,747 | 2,066 |
| 13 | Kent County, RI | December 19, 2025 14:30 | December 21, 2025 23:15 | 2d 8h | 5,274 | 52K |
| 14 | Providence County, RI | July 22, 2025 14:15 | July 23, 2025 00:15 | 10h | 5,136 | 4,638 |
| 15 | Providence County, RI | July 25, 2025 13:15 | July 27, 2025 04:00 | 1d 14h | 5,072 | 13K |
| 16 | Providence County, RI | August 13, 2025 09:45 | August 14, 2025 07:45 | 22h | 4,945 | 6,218 |
| 17 | Providence County, RI | June 24, 2025 11:00 | June 26, 2025 04:15 | 1d 17h | 4,697 | 20K |
| 18 | Kent County, RI | August 18, 2025 09:30 | August 19, 2025 02:30 | 17h | 4,233 | 5,868 |
| 19 | Providence County, RI | June 29, 2025 00:45 | June 29, 2025 02:00 | 1h 15m | 4,203 | 5,175 |
| 20 | Providence County, RI | July 8, 2025 10:00 | July 10, 2025 07:15 | 1d 21h | 4,110 | 11K |
| 21 | Providence County, RI | December 29, 2025 09:45 | December 30, 2025 10:00 | 1d | 3,916 | 3,665 |
| 22 | Newport County, RI | March 11, 2025 21:45 | March 12, 2025 00:45 | 3h | 3,758 | 7,342 |
| 23 | Bristol County, RI | July 5, 2025 01:45 | July 7, 2025 06:15 | 2d 4h | 3,671 | 49K |
| 24 | Kent County, RI | September 12, 2025 05:30 | September 12, 2025 11:15 | 5h 45m | 3,585 | 6,218 |
| 25 | Kent County, RI | March 21, 2025 06:00 | March 21, 2025 10:30 | 4h 30m | 3,487 | 14K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Rhode Island's electricity customers in 2025; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2025 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.