Boston, Massachusetts, United States · DOE ODIN
Power outages in Boston, MA
Updated
162 customers without power near Boston, MA National Grid; nearest outage area Norfolk County, MA, 23 km SSW. Utilities publishing to ODIN only.
Customers without power around Boston right now, by county and utility, from the utilities that publish to the Department of Energy's outage feed.
- Customers out within 40 km
- 162 ODIN utilities only
- Outage areas nearby
- 4 county-level
- ODIN utilities near the city
- 3 none serves the centre
- Customers out in Massachusetts
- 164 4 reporting utilities
- Latest estimated restoration nearby
- Sun, 8:15 PM EDT National Grid
Power outages in Boston, MA right now
162 customers are without power in 4 county areas within about 40 km of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, according to the utilities that report to ODIN. The largest is in Worcester County, MA with 82 customers out.
Across Massachusetts, ODIN utilities report 164 customers out, so 99% of the state's reported outages are around Boston.
| Area | Utility | Customers out | Distance | Cause | Est. restoration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norfolk County, MA | National Grid | 1 | 23 km SSW | — | Sun, 8:15 PM EDT |
| Middlesex County, MA | National Grid | 52 | 31 km WNW | — | Sun, 11:30 PM EDT |
| Essex County, MA | National Grid | 27 | 35 km NNE | — | Sun, 7:45 PM EDT |
| Worcester County, MA | National Grid | 82 | 73 km W | — | Sun, 10:45 PM EDT |
Outages are reported by county, so an outage area can extend beyond the city. Distances are to the county centre.
Which utilities cover Boston?
The utility serving central Boston does not publish to ODIN. National Grid (3 km away), City Of Hingham - (Ma) (17 km away), Norwood Municipal Light Department (20 km away) do, so outages in parts of the metro area show here but not in the city itself.
If your power is out and it is not listed, report it to your utility: utilities often show an outage on their own map minutes before it reaches ODIN, and small outages may never be published.
- National Grid 3 km away, 1,353,871 customers, outage map
- City Of Hingham - (Ma) 17 km away, 10,144 customers, website
- Norwood Municipal Light Department 20 km away, 15,745 customers, website
Storms, heat and planned work
Most large outages follow storms: wind, ice and lightning bring down lines, and heat waves overload equipment. Check the weather warnings for Boston when the count is rising.
If your power is out
Report it to your utility first, by app, text or phone; your report is what puts your street on the map. Keep fridges and freezers closed (food stays cold for about 4 hours in a fridge and 48 hours in a full freezer), unplug sensitive electronics, never run a generator indoors, and treat any downed line as live.
Coverage and limits
ODIN only includes utilities that choose to publish to it. In Massachusetts that is 4 utilities; customers of any other utility (city-owned systems, many co-ops and some large investor-owned utilities) can be out of power without appearing here. Check your own utility's outage map to be sure.
Counts are meters or customers as reported by each utility, refreshed about every 5 minutes. Last ODIN report received 19:38 UTC.
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Data: DOE / Oak Ridge National Laboratory ODIN (participating utilities), HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (EIA), US Census county Gazetteer.