Massachusetts Power Outage Record

Massachusetts's outage record, statewide

Averaged across every utility reporting in Massachusetts, customers lost power 0.9 times in the most recent year, totalling 2 hours. Rare, well below the national average

Most customers here keep power almost all year. A backup generator is a nice-to-have, not a need. For Massachusetts, the frequency-versus-duration guide decides the backup type, and the scoring method shows how each verdict is set.

Find your own utility in Massachusetts

18 utilities in Massachusetts filed their own number, usually a better match than the state average:

• Town of Braintree
• City of Chicopee
• Town of Danvers
• Fitchburg Gas & Elec Light Co
• City of Holyoke
• Town of Hudson
• Town of Mansfield
• Massachusetts Electric Co
• Town of Middleborough
• Nantucket Electric Co
• Town of North Attleborough
• City of Norwood
• Town of Reading
• Town of Shrewsbury
• City of Taunton
• Town of Wellesley
• City of Westfield
• Nstar Electric Company