See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Connecticut
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Who serves New Haven County?
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Eversource and United Illuminating ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Town of Wallingford also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — New Haven County, CT
⚡ Power here was restored about 15 hours ago — the outage peaked at 2,616 customers.
Last significant outage: Oct 3, 2026 — peaked at 2,616 customers, restored in ~1.5 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 33 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 5.5 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 21, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — New Haven County, CT
Federal outage records (
EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
1,764 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including
21 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~
3.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~140,925 customers out in August 2020, restored after about 6.8 days. The busiest year on record here was 2016.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level
records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Cities we track in New Haven County
Communities in New Haven County include Waterbury, Meriden, West Haven, Milford, Naugatuck, Ansonia, Derby and Woodmont. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in New Haven County, CT?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of New Haven include Eversource, United Illuminating and Town of Wallingford — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
