Power outages in Kent County, RI
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Kent County yet. The Narragansett Electric Co serves this county.
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No live outage data for Kent County yet.
The Narragansett Electric Cono live feedServes this county, per federal utility records.
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This 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.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
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Outage history in Kent County
2014–2025 recordKent County averaged 15.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Rhode Island counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 16. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 17 hours, starting December 19, 2025.
The largest on record began August 4, 2015, with 53,780 customers out at once.
15.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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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.1 hourtypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.4.1 dayslongest on record (October 2017)
53,780most customers out at once
| 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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| August 4, 2015 | 53,780 | 2.5 days | 1,465,669 |
| October 30, 2017 | 35,199 | 4.1 days | 1,626,799 |
| October 27, 2021 | 33,386 | 1.6 days | 383,491 |
| March 2, 2018 | 31,149 | 3.7 days | 928,134 |
| August 4, 2020 | 22,186 | 2.2 days | 524,861 |
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.
Cities in Kent County
Utilities
- The Narragansett Electric Co no live feed
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