Electric companies in Aroostook County, Maine

Aroostook County, ME on the map

Electric utilities in Aroostook County, ME

Plans from retail suppliers are not in public data, so no plan prices are shown. The listed utilities deliver the power, and which one serves your street depends on the address.

Housing and heating in Aroostook County, ME

Aroostook County, ME: 24,947 of 38,444 homes were built before 1980 and 5,471 in 2000 or later. Aroostook County, ME has 28,443 detached houses, 2,563 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 3,399 mobile homes, and 7,604 of 29,684 households rent.

ZIP codes in Aroostook County, ME

• 04424
• 04451
• 04459
• 04471
• 04497
• 04730
• 04732
• 04733
• 04734
• 04735
• 04736
• 04737
• 04739
• 04740
• 04742
• 04743
• 04745
• 04746
• 04747
• 04750
• 04756
• 04757
• 04758
• 04760
• 04761
• 04762
• 04763
• 04764
• 04766
• 04768
• 04769
• 04772
• 04773
• 04774
• 04776
• 04779
• 04780
• 04781
• 04783
• 04785
• 04786
• 04787

Facts about Aroostook County, ME

Residents of Aroostook County, ME, ACS 2023

67,2276 of 16 Maine counties

Households in Aroostook County, ME

29,6842.26 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Aroostook County, ME

74.4%22,080 owner and 7,604 renter households

Median household income in Aroostook County, ME

$54,25415 of 16 Maine counties

Housing units in Aroostook County, ME

38,4448,760 vacant or seasonal, 22.8% of the units

Homes heated by electricity in Aroostook County, ME

10.3%3,043 homes, 4 of 16 Maine counties

Utilities listed for Aroostook County, ME

33 with a home price: Houlton Water Company, Eastern Maine Electric Coop, Versant Power

ZIP areas touching Aroostook County, ME

4204424 to 04787

Outage-linked storm events in Aroostook County, ME

406NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025

Homes built before 1980 in Aroostook County, ME

64.9%median year built 1971

Flood claims in Aroostook County, ME

23NFIP 2015 to 2025, $474K paid

Home energy burden in Aroostook County, ME

5.3%$1,180 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Aroostook County, ME

Aroostook County, ME has no price series of its own. Aroostook County, ME: the Maine average was 15.61 ¢/kWh in 2015. Aroostook County, ME: 24.29 ¢ in 2024, 56% up. Aroostook County, ME: against 30% up for the U.S. average.

Aroostook County, ME: a 550 kWh month at the Maine price. Aroostook County, ME: $86 in 2015, $134 in 2024. Aroostook County, ME: $1,603 a year, 3.0% of the $54,254 median income.

Cost of living with electricity in Aroostook County, ME

Aroostook County, ME: electricity $1,180 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $3,437, 5.3% of $64,421 income. 29,237 households in Aroostook County, ME spend about $34.5 million a year on electricity and $100.5 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Aroostook County, ME ($20,840 a year) spend 13.4% of income, 2.5 times the all-home figure.

Outage risk in Aroostook County, ME

Aroostook County, ME, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 406 in all, 603.9 per 100,000 residents of 67,227, rank 1 of 16 Maine counties.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Aroostook County, ME

Aroostook County, ME: 23 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $474K paid, median paid claim $19,104.

92 of 29,481 residential structures in Aroostook County, ME carry an NFIP contract. 107 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Aroostook County, ME on 8 Sep 2026. Aroostook County, ME lists 14 repetitive-loss properties.

Aroostook County, ME: claims history, not an outage count.

Aroostook County, ME: OpenFEMA NFIP, claims as of 8 Sep 2026, insured share as of 3 Aug 2026; counts under 5 are hidden.

Aroostook County, ME: flood claims by state, flood hub.

Climate and electric heating in Aroostook County, ME

Aroostook County, ME totals 9,469 heating degree days and 144 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Aroostook County, ME is the 1st coldest of 16 counties in Maine: 9,469 against a median of 7,688. For cooling, Aroostook County, ME is the 13th hottest: 144 against a median of 239.

Aroostook County, ME: winter dominates, by 9,325 heating degree days over cooling.

Aroostook County, ME: 9,026 heating degree days in 2016-2025, 9,469 on the normal, 5% under.

In Aroostook County, ME, a minority of homes heat with electricity: 10.3% of 29,684, in a 9,469 degree-day climate.

Aroostook County, ME: ACS B25040, 29,684 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Bill and heat pump calculator, Aroostook County, ME

Compare Aroostook County, ME with its neighbours

• Penobscot County sits 117 miles south of Aroostook County, ME, with 153,571 residents against 67,227 there, 395 storm events against 406, median home built 1977 against 1971, energy burden 4.3% against 5.3%, income $63,248 against $54,254.
• Piscataquis County sits 104 miles southwest of Aroostook County, ME, with 17,125 residents against 67,227 there, 240 storm events against 406, median home built 1976 against 1971, energy burden 5.6% against 5.3%, income $55,234 against $54,254.
• Somerset County sits 117 miles southwest of Aroostook County, ME, with 50,852 residents against 67,227 there, 229 storm events against 406, median home built 1977 against 1971, energy burden 5.3% against 5.3%, income $56,199 against $54,254.
• Washington County sits 141 miles south of Aroostook County, ME, with 31,261 residents against 67,227 there, 248 storm events against 406, median home built 1975 against 1971, energy burden 5.7% against 5.3%, income $52,237 against $54,254.
• Waldo County sits 173 miles south of Aroostook County, ME, with 40,006 residents against 67,227 there, 123 storm events against 406, median home built 1983 against 1971, energy burden 4.6% against 5.3%, income $68,441 against $54,254.