When will the power be back in Bangor, ME?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Bangor is a city of about 32,446 residents in Penobscot County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Bangor by name, so this page reports the Penobscot County county-wide view, which covers Bangor. If a serving utility does name Bangor during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Bangor:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Bangor: the closest other places we track are Waterville, about 47 miles to the southwest; Augusta, about 58 miles to the southwest; Lewiston, about 85 miles to the southwest; and Auburn, about 89 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Portland (107 mi SW); Westbrook (110 mi SW); South Portland (111 mi SW); Saco (121 mi SW); Biddeford (125 mi SW); Sanford (138 mi SW); Somersworth, NH (151 mi SW); and Rochester, NH (152 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: southwest toward Dover, NH (154 mi) and west toward Essex Junction, VT (214 mi).
Who serves Bangor?
We track live outage data from Versant Power and Central Maine Power in Penobscot County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative also serves parts of Penobscot County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Bangor's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 152 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Oct 1 — 152 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 27 — 48 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 24 — 27 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 20 — 124 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
County context: across all of Penobscot County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3 hr. The full record for Penobscot County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Bangor, 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 Bangor's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Bangor, ME?
To check your own street, search a Bangor ZIP code — 04401 or 04402 — and the map opens on that area.
