Power Outages in Kent County, RI
The Narragansett Electric Co publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.0 hours.
Kent County, RI is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/rhode-island/kent-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Kent County, RI". https://massoutage.com/rhode-island/kent-county
The Narragansett Electric Co publishes no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~81,985 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: The Narragansett Electric Co.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Narragansett Electric Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Kent Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (8)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02886 | 251 | 12 | 167 | 0 |
| 02816 | 245 | ≤11 | 180 | ≤11 |
| 02893 | 233 | ≤11 | 173 | ≤11 |
| 02889 | 155 | ≤11 | 104 | ≤11 |
| 02888 | 145 | ≤11 | 107 | ≤11 |
| 02818 | 78 | ≤11 | 47 | ≤11 |
| 02817 | 42 | ≤11 | 35 | 0 |
| 02827 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Kent County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Kent County right now.
Kent County has been under 21 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 7, 2026.
- High Wind Warning ×5
- Flood Watch ×4
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×4
- Coastal Flood Statement ×3
- Frost Advisory ×2
- Rip Current Statement ×2
Latest Kent County, RI outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 31m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 399 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 697 customers out (0.6% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Kent County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Warwickno outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Kent County went about 2.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 53,780 customers.
The US EIA reports Rhode Island utilities averaged 3.0 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 2.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2017 (peak 35,199 customers out) · decade average 5.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 585 | 53,780 | 12.3 |
| 2016 | 563 | 15,245 | 2.8 |
| 2017 | 642 | 35,199 | 14.4 |
| 2018 | 631 | 31,149 | 9.5 |
| 2019 | 574 | 6,045 | 2.1 |
| 2020 | 639 | 22,186 | 6.3 |
| 2021 | 623 | 33,386 | 6.0 |
| 2022 | 671 | 9,646 | 1.0 |
| 2023 | 642 | 7,083 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 632 | 7,885 | 0.9 |
| 2025 | 840 | 15,691 | 2.0 |
Cost of power in Kent County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Kent County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- The Narragansett Electric Co29.5¢338,735 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Relatively Moderate hurricanes exposure · 5.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Kent County: FAQ
- How often does Kent County, RI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Kent County, RI logged 840 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Kent County, RI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 53,780 customers without power, beginning August 4, 2015 and lasting about 7h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Kent County, RI right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Kent County, RI. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Kent County, RI?
- Tracked electric providers include The Narragansett Electric Co.
Warwick. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Kent County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Kent County.
02816, 02817, 02818, 02827, 02886, 02888, 02889, 02893
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Narragansett Electric Co | 3.0 hrs | Live · total only | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Rhode Island customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/44003 and /api/v1/counties/44003/history.