Power outages in Caribou, ME

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CaribouAroostook County

Outage history in Aroostook County, which includes Caribou

2014–2025 record

Aroostook County averaged 38.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Maine counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 36. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 19 hours, starting April 20, 2025.

The largest on record began December 12, 2024, with 24,386 customers out at once.

38.3significant 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.
2 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
2.5 dayslongest on record (December 2022)
24,386most 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.
December 12, 202424,38616 hours277,222
December 17, 202024,0717 hours76,619
December 23, 202223,3232.5 days281,836
September 10, 202115,5214.5 hours53,763
December 20, 202514,33515 hours54,746

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.