Somerset County, Maine Power Outages, 2017 to 2023

Somerset County, Maine had 44 major outages from 2017 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 8.10 times the US outage time per person and 1.85 times the Maine rate. It ranks 3 of 15 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 7 years of records.

6.3major outages per year

7 of 7years with a major outage

131 hrslongest major outage

Dec, Octhardest months

December and October made up 61% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Apr 9, 2020, reached 23,402 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 120.8 hours.

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Outage impact by year

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

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Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2017	1,308,980	28	3
2018	492,057	111	7
2019	242,987	48	5
2020	2,321,763	112	7
2021	237,722	72	4
2022	442,275	108	6
2023	2,068,315	90	12

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
Apr 9, 2020	120.8	23,402	1,267,566
Dec 19, 2023	95.8	27,638	1,249,659
Oct 30, 2017	131.2	21,116	1,236,124
Dec 5, 2020	84.0	14,137	751,442
Dec 18, 2023	21.2	26,442	437,430

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.