When will the power be back in Portland, ME?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Portland is a city of about 69,568 residents in Cumberland County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Portland by name, so this page reports the Cumberland County county-wide view, which covers Portland. If a serving utility does name Portland during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Portland:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Portland: the closest other places we track are South Portland, about 6 miles to the west; Westbrook, about 10 miles to the west; Saco, about 15 miles to the southwest; and Auburn, about 31 miles to the north. Also nearby: Lewiston (31 mi N); Sanford (33 mi SW); Somersworth, NH (45 mi SW); Rochester, NH (47 mi SW); Dover, NH (48 mi SW); Portsmouth, NH (51 mi SW); Augusta (52 mi NE); and Laconia, NH (66 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Waterville (67 mi); northeast toward Bangor (107 mi); south toward Gloucester, MA (75 mi); southwest toward Amesbury, MA (67 mi); and west toward Claremont, NH (110 mi).
Who serves Portland?
We track live outage data from Central Maine Power in Cumberland County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Portland's last tracked outage began Oct 15, peaked at 47 customers out, and was restored in 4 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 15 — 47 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Oct 9 — 46 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Oct 8 — 77 customers out, restored in an hour
- Oct 1 — 395 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
County context: across all of Cumberland County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.3 hr. The full record for Cumberland County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Portland, ME?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Portland's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Portland, ME?
To check your own street, search a Portland ZIP code — 04101, 04102, 04103, 04104, 04109, 04112 or any of the other 3 — and the map opens on that area.
