Lincoln County, Maine Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Lincoln County, Maine had 57 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 8.79 times the US outage time per person and 2.01 times the Maine rate. It ranks 1 of 15 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

6.3major outages per year

9 of 9years with a major outage

132 hrslongest major outage

Oct, Dechardest months

October and December made up 56% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Oct 30, 2017, reached 23,663 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 131.8 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Maine counties

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

2015'152016'162017'172018'182019'192020'202021'212022'222023'23

Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	73,274	52	1
2016	207,258	54	5
2017	2,079,155	80	5
2018	471,182	77	7
2019	123,381	39	3
2020	1,490,266	85	14
2021	230,836	74	7
2022	792,807	75	8
2023	1,590,909	80	7

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start date	Hours	Peak customers	Customer-hours
Oct 30, 2017	131.8	23,663	1,699,274
Apr 9, 2020	74.2	16,452	690,222
Dec 19, 2023	85.8	20,500	607,806
Dec 23, 2022	96.0	15,863	538,121
Dec 18, 2023	20.8	20,440	325,028

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

Phones, Wi-Fi, lights, about 60 WRefrigerator, about 60 WChest freezer, about 40 WGas furnace fan, about 160 W

Hours to cover: 24

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.