Power outages in Newport, RI
Live outages for Newport and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Newport has 24,251 residents.
Right now
No live outage data for Newport yet.
Outage map
NewportNewport County
Outage history in Newport County, which includes Newport
2014–2025 recordNewport County averaged 11.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Rhode Island counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 10. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 5 hours, starting December 19, 2025.
The largest on record began December 19, 2025, with 15,344 customers out at once.
11.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)
i
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
i
Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.2.3 dayslongest on record (March 2018)
15,344most 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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 19, 2025 | 15,344 | 5 hours | 26,223 |
| August 22, 2021 | 11,905 | 28 hours | 83,321 |
| August 4, 2020 | 11,055 | 4 hours | 35,904 |
| July 11, 2015 | 8,947 | 2.5 hours | 13,055 |
| October 27, 2021 | 8,644 | 1.6 days | 106,072 |
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.