See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Maine
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Who serves Penobscot County?
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Versant Power and Central Maine Power, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative 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 — Penobscot County, ME
Last significant outage: Oct 1, 2026 — peaked at 3,656 customers, restored in ~5 hr (weather alert).
Across the 26 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2.4 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 22, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Penobscot County, ME
Federal outage records (
EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
1,341 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including
23 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~
3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~65,190 customers out in April 2020, restored after about 5 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 Penobscot County
Communities in Penobscot County include Bangor, Brewer, Old Town, Alton, Argyle, Bradford, Bradley and Burlington. 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 Penobscot County, ME?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Penobscot include Versant Power, Central Maine Power and Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative — 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.
