Maine power outages

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Outage history in Maine

2014–2025 record

Maine averaged 21 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most states.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 13. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 2 days, starting December 19, 2025.

The largest on record began October 30, 2017, with 483,591 customers out at once.

21significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.
4 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
6.8 dayslongest on record (October 2017)
483,591most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
October 30, 2017483,5916.8 days25,916,949
December 18, 2023422,1865.4 days21,093,395
April 4, 2024343,7104.5 days14,989,819
April 9, 2020274,4705 days12,351,604
December 23, 2022273,7493.6 days9,527,476

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.