⚡ No power in Worcester, MA? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include National Grid, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light Co, Town of Holden, Town of Shrewsbury and 7 others also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — Worcester County, MA
Last significant outage: Sep 30, 2026 — peaked at 3,025 customers, restored in ~4.5 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 38 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 5.7 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 26, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Worcester County, MA
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
2,385 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 39 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is longer than the Massachusetts norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3.8 hr.
Largest on record: ~70,225 customers out in August 2020, restored after about 2.3 days. The busiest year on record here was 2025.
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.
Communities in Worcester County include Leominster, Fitchburg, Gardner, Southbridge, Ashburnham, Athol, Auburn and Baldwinville. 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 Worcester County, MA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Worcester include National Grid, Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light Co, Town of Holden and others — 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.
