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Electric utilities serving Penobscot County, Maine
Utilities that list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024, with each one's average price, bill and outage minutes.
Penobscot County, Maine, appears in the Form EIA-861 service territory of 3 utilities for 2024; Central Maine Power Co, Versant Power and Eastern Maine Electric Coop are the largest by residential customers statewide.
Their average residential prices ran from 17.06¢ to 28.08¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 23.43¢, against a Maine average of 24.29¢ and a US average of 16.48¢. Each price is the utility's figure for all of its Maine customers, not for this county alone.
The median SAIDI they reported was 1,206.0 minutes per customer including major event days; the median among all Maine utilities reporting was 1,206.0.
The Census Bureau estimates the county's population at 157,967. EIA does not publish customers by county, so which utility serves a given address has to be confirmed with the utility or the state utility commission.
Average price is revenue divided by sales for the sector and year; it is not a tariff rate. Reliability figures are as reported by utilities to EIA on Form 861 and may use different calculation methods. Figures are for each utility's whole Maine operation; EIA publishes nothing at county level.
Utilities and their 2024 figures
| Utility | Ownership | Residential customers | ¢ per kWh | Monthly bill | SAIDI, all events | SAIDI, no major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Maine Power Co | Investor-owned | 577,955 | 23.43¢ | $130.57 | 1,893.5 | 215.4 |
| Versant Power | Investor-owned | 137,906 | 28.08¢ | $141.76 | 1,206.0 | 478.0 |
| Eastern Maine Electric Coop | Cooperative | 10,803 | 17.06¢ | $85.86 | 1,084.6 | 737.2 |
Ordered by residential customers in Maine. Short-form filers are small utilities that report only totals to EIA, so no residential price is available. A utility with no customers shown reported its retail sales elsewhere or delivers power that other companies bill for.
Against the state and the country
| Measure, 2024 | Utilities listing Penobscot County | Maine | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average residential price per kWh | 23.43¢ median | 24.29¢ | 16.48¢ |
| Average monthly residential bill | $130.57 median | $133.60 | $142.26 |
| SAIDI, all events (minutes) | 1,206.0 median | 1,206.0 median | 184.5 median |
| SAIDI, without major event days | 478.0 median | 478.0 median | 99.8 median |
| Utilities counted | 3 | 17 | 1,413 |
Outage minutes reported
SAIDI for 2024 across each utility's whole system, including major event days (paler bars: only the figure without major event days was reported). Not a measure of outages in Penobscot County itself.
Population: 157,967 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 3,464 kWh per resident in 2024.
Other Maine counties
- Franklin County 1
- Hancock County 2
- Kennebec County 1
- Knox County 3
- Lincoln County 1
- Oxford County 1
- Piscataquis County 2
- Sagadahoc County 1
- Somerset County 2
- Waldo County 2
- Washington County 2
- York County 2
All 16 counties and every Maine utility
Questions and answers
Who provides electricity in Penobscot County?
Central Maine Power Co, Versant Power and Eastern Maine Electric Coop list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024. Territories overlap, and a utility may cover only a corner of the county.
What is the electricity price in Penobscot County?
EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 17.06¢ to 28.08¢ per kilowatthour across their Maine customers in 2024; the state average was 24.29¢.
How reliable is power in Penobscot County?
Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 1,206.0 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 478.0 minutes excluding them.
Provenance
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 for 2024, final release: service territory file (counties by utility), sales to ultimate customers, reliability and short form files. State and US averages: Form EIA-861M workbook. Population: U.S. Census Bureau. Public domain. To confirm the utility at an address, ask the utility or the state utility commission.