Power outages in Washington County, RI
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Washington County yet. The Narragansett Electric Co and Block Island Utility District serve this county.
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No live outage data for Washington County yet.
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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.i
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
Outage history in Washington County
2014–2025 recordWashington County averaged 28.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Rhode Island counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 26. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 17 hours, starting December 19, 2025.
The largest on record began August 22, 2021, with 52,955 customers out at once.
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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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| August 22, 2021 | 52,955 | 2.7 days | 1,513,430 |
| October 27, 2021 | 42,616 | 2.4 days | 530,301 |
| March 2, 2018 | 37,375 | 4.1 days | 1,195,680 |
| October 30, 2017 | 31,357 | 4.7 days | 1,438,553 |
| October 17, 2019 | 28,220 | 2.7 days | 595,609 |
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.
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- Block Island Utility District no live feed
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