Power Outages in Newport County, RI
Is there a power outage in Newport County, RI right now? No. As of October 19, 2026 22:50 UTC, no outages are reported by The Narragansett Electric Co in Newport County, RI.
Newport County, RI is served by 1 tracked utility. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.6 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/rhode-island/newport-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 22:50 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Newport County, RI", live data as of October 19, 2026 22:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/rhode-island/newport-county
No active outages are reported by The Narragansett Electric Co in Newport County.
Report an outage in Newport County, RI
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for The Narragansett Electric Co; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
100%of this county's ~47,536 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Narragansett Electric Co | Live · county | 0 | 48,864 | 0.0% | - | - | - |
The Narragansett Electric Co reportsevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Municipalities in Newport County
Town-by-town counts as reported by Rhode Island Energy, most affected first. A town served by more than one utility appears once per utility; utilities without a town-level feed aren't included. Updated .
| Town | Utility | Out | Served | % out | Utility ETR | Small outages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No outages reported in any town by Rhode Island Energy. | ||||||
Show 6 towns with no outages
| Jamestown | Rhode Island Energy | 0 | 3,766 | 0.0% | - | - |
| Little Compton | Rhode Island Energy | 0 | 2,631 | 0.0% | - | - |
| Middletown | Rhode Island Energy | 0 | 8,442 | 0.0% | - | - |
| Newport | Rhode Island Energy | 0 | 14,886 | 0.0% | - | - |
| Portsmouth | Rhode Island Energy | 0 | 10,858 | 0.0% | - | - |
| Tiverton | Rhode Island Energy | 0 | 8,281 | 0.0% | - | - |
Active outages in Newport County0
No individual outages are listed by utilities with an outage-level feed right now.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Newport 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 (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02878 | 135 | ≤11 | 96 | ≤11 |
| 02840 | 100 | ≤11 | 64 | ≤11 |
| 02871 | 96 | ≤11 | 64 | ≤11 |
| 02842 | 90 | ≤11 | 53 | ≤11 |
| 02835 | 34 | ≤11 | 21 | 0 |
| 02837 | 28 | ≤11 | 21 | 0 |
| 02872 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 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 Newport County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Newport County right now.
Newport County has been under 22 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Coastal Flood Statement on September 28, 2026.
- High Wind Warning ×5
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×4
- Flood Watch ×4
- Coastal Flood Statement ×3
- Rip Current Statement ×2
- Flash Flood Warning ×2
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Newport County went about 1.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 15,344 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 1.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 11,905 customers out) · decade average 1.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 373 | 8,947 | 1.2 |
| 2016 | 408 | 4,739 | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 356 | 7,927 | 2.1 |
| 2018 | 430 | 6,811 | 3.8 |
| 2019 | 393 | 7,781 | 1.4 |
| 2020 | 405 | 11,055 | 3.1 |
| 2021 | 414 | 11,905 | 4.4 |
| 2022 | 425 | 7,860 | 1.1 |
| 2023 | 413 | 3,305 | 0.5 |
| 2024 | 453 | 3,050 | 0.6 |
| 2025 | 682 | 15,344 | 1.6 |
Cost of power in Newport County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Newport 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 1.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Newport County: FAQ
- How often does Newport County, RI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Newport County, RI logged 682 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Newport County, RI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 15,344 customers without power, beginning December 19, 2025 and lasting about 1d 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Newport County, RI right now?
- No. As of October 19, 2026 22:50 UTC, no outages are reported by The Narragansett Electric Co in Newport County, RI.
- Which utilities serve Newport County, RI?
- Tracked electric providers include The Narragansett Electric Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Newport County.
02835, 02837, 02840, 02841, 02842, 02871, 02872, 02878
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Newport County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Rhode Island →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Narragansett Electric Co | 3.0 hrs | Live · county | - |
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/44005 and /api/v1/counties/44005/history.