Power outages in Merrimack County, NH

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Public Service Co of NHno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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New Hampshire Elec Coop Incno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Unitil Energy Systemsno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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County outline

Outage history in Merrimack County

2014–2025 record

Merrimack County averaged 23 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for New Hampshire counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 24. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 15 hours, starting December 29, 2025.

The largest on record began November 26, 2014, with 61,747 customers out at once.

23significant 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.
1.5 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
3.6 dayslongest on record (October 2017)
61,747most 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.
November 26, 201461,7473.4 days2,244,529
October 30, 201737,3503.6 days1,011,832
March 23, 202430,2452.3 days583,409
December 23, 202228,0152.5 days517,462
December 5, 201527,8002.5 hours53,669

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.