Power Outages in Providence County, RI
No live outage feed is available for Providence County, RI yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.6 hours.
Providence County, RI is served by local tracked utilities.
Providence County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Providence County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 17, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×6
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Tsunami Warning ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Providence County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Providenceno active outage
- Cranstonno active outage
- Pawtucketno active outage
- East Providenceno active outage
- Woonsocketno active outage
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Providence County went about 2.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 84,135 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 84,135 customers out) · decade average 5.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 972 | 49,763 | 3.7 |
| 2016 | 982 | 16,406 | 2.8 |
| 2017 | 1,035 | 67,995 | 11.9 |
| 2018 | 1,007 | 64,587 | 10.5 |
| 2019 | 952 | 22,592 | 3.0 |
| 2020 | 995 | 84,135 | 12.0 |
| 2021 | 1,061 | 29,389 | 2.6 |
| 2022 | 1,105 | 8,770 | 1.2 |
| 2023 | 995 | 22,798 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 875 | 23,679 | 2.1 |
| 2025 | 878 | 21,067 | 2.6 |
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 5.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Providence County: FAQ
- How often does Providence County, RI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Providence County, RI logged 878 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Providence County, RI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 84,135 customers without power, beginning August 4, 2020 and lasting about 4d 7h.
- Is there a power outage in Providence County, RI right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Providence County, RI. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Providence, Cranston, Pawtucket, East Providence, Woonsocket. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Providence County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Providence County (showing 40 of 42).
02802, 02814, 02815, 02823, 02824, 02825, 02826, 02828, 02829, 02830, 02831, 02838, 02839, 02857, 02858, 02859, 02860, 02861, 02863, 02864, 02865, 02876, 02895, 02896, 02903, 02904, 02905, 02906, 02907, 02908, 02909, 02910, 02911, 02912, 02914, 02915, 02916, 02917, 02918, 02919
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/44007 and /api/v1/counties/44007/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Rhode Island customers).