Versant Power, ME
How often Versant Power goes out
This grid runs rougher than most of the country: Versant Power's Maine customers saw 2.4 interruptions and 8.3 hours without power in the most recent year on file. That is 38% more outage time than the Maine state average of 6.1 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
Outages here average 3.5 hours before power returns. At that length, continuous fuel supply matters more than stored capacity, which favors a standby generator over anything battery-based. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 165,449 customers here, Outages at Versant Power run well above the national norm. You should get a backup generator here - it is a sound investment, not a luxury.
Where this number comes from
Versant Power filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Maine territory, serving 165,449 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Maine as a whole, across every utility that filed: Maine's outage record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.