Rhode Island power outages
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Outage map
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Color shows the share of each county's customers without power right now.Outage history in Rhode Island
2014–2025 recordRhode Island averaged 11 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most states.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 11. Half were over within 1 hour; the longest lasted 17 hours, starting December 19, 2025.
The largest on record began October 30, 2017, with 149,469 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in July.
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At 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.i
Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| October 30, 2017 | 149,469 | 4.1 days | 6,223,787 |
| March 2, 2018 | 149,203 | 3.3 days | 4,673,481 |
| August 4, 2020 | 143,761 | 2.2 days | 2,869,135 |
| August 4, 2015 | 123,163 | 2.3 days | 2,558,159 |
| October 27, 2021 | 96,833 | 1.6 days | 1,373,540 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From 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.
Counties in Rhode Island
Utilities
- The Narragansett Electric Co no live feed
- Clear River Electric and Water District no live feed
- Block Island Utility District no live feed