Electric companies in Penobscot County, Maine

Penobscot County, ME on the map

Electric utilities in Penobscot 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.

Outage risk in Penobscot County, ME

Penobscot County, ME, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 395 in all, 257.2 per 100,000 residents of 153,571, rank 2 of 16 Maine counties.

ZIP codes in Penobscot County, ME

• 04401
• 04410
• 04411
• 04412
• 04417
• 04418
• 04419
• 04422
• 04427
• 04428
• 04429
• 04430
• 04434
• 04435
• 04444
• 04448
• 04449
• 04450
• 04451
• 04453
• 04455
• 04456
• 04457
• 04459
• 04460
• 04461
• 04462
• 04468
• 04469
• 04473
• 04474
• 04475
• 04487
• 04488
• 04489
• 04493
• 04495
• 04733
• 04765
• 04777
• 04928
• 04930
• 04932
• 04939
• 04953
• 04969

Facts about Penobscot County, ME

Residents of Penobscot County, ME, ACS 2023

153,5713 of 16 Maine counties

Households in Penobscot County, ME

64,7692.37 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Penobscot County, ME

70.3%45,520 owner and 19,249 renter households

Median household income in Penobscot County, ME

$63,24810 of 16 Maine counties

Housing units in Penobscot County, ME

75,40510,636 vacant or seasonal, 14.1% of the units

Homes heated by electricity in Penobscot County, ME

11.2%7,275 homes, 2 of 16 Maine counties

Utilities listed for Penobscot County, ME

33 with a home price: Eastern Maine Electric Coop, Central Maine Power Co, Versant Power

ZIP areas touching Penobscot County, ME

4604401 to 04969

Outage-linked storm events in Penobscot County, ME

395NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025

Homes built before 1980 in Penobscot County, ME

54.4%median year built 1977

Flood claims in Penobscot County, ME

9NFIP 2015 to 2025, $73K paid

Home energy burden in Penobscot County, ME

4.3%$1,330 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Penobscot County, ME

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

Penobscot County, ME: a 550 kWh month at the Maine price. Penobscot County, ME: $86 in 2015, $134 in 2024. Penobscot County, ME: $1,603 a year, 2.5% of the $63,248 median income.

Housing and heating in Penobscot County, ME

Penobscot County, ME: 41,024 of 75,405 homes were built before 1980 and 15,214 in 2000 or later. Penobscot County, ME has 48,591 detached houses, 7,146 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 8,752 mobile homes, and 19,249 of 64,769 households rent.

Cost of living with electricity in Penobscot County, ME

Penobscot County, ME: electricity $1,330 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $3,121, 4.3% of $72,777 income. 63,687 households in Penobscot County, ME spend about $84.7 million a year on electricity and $198.8 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Penobscot County, ME ($20,901 a year) spend 11.7% of income, 2.7 times the all-home figure.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Penobscot County, ME

Penobscot County, ME: 9 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $73K paid, median paid claim $9,059.

194 of 55,291 residential structures in Penobscot County, ME carry an NFIP contract. 248 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Penobscot County, ME on 8 Sep 2026. Penobscot County, ME lists 15 repetitive-loss properties.

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

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

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

Climate and electric heating in Penobscot County, ME

Penobscot County, ME totals 8,301 heating degree days and 232 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Penobscot County, ME is the 6th coldest of 16 counties in Maine: 8,301 against a median of 7,688. For cooling, Penobscot County, ME is the 9th hottest: 232 against a median of 239.

Penobscot County, ME: winter dominates, by 8,069 heating degree days over cooling.

Penobscot County, ME: 7,857 heating degree days in 2016-2025, 8,301 on the normal, 5% under.

In Penobscot County, ME, a minority of homes heat with electricity: 11.2% of 64,769, in a 8,301 degree-day climate.

Penobscot County, ME: ACS B25040, 64,769 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Bill and heat pump calculator, Penobscot County, ME

Compare Penobscot County, ME with its neighbours

• Waldo County sits 57 miles south of Penobscot County, ME, with 40,006 residents against 153,571 there, 123 storm events against 395, median home built 1983 against 1977, energy burden 4.6% against 4.3%, income $68,441 against $63,248.
• Piscataquis County sits 47 miles northwest of Penobscot County, ME, with 17,125 residents against 153,571 there, 240 storm events against 395, median home built 1976 against 1977, energy burden 5.6% against 4.3%, income $55,234 against $63,248.
• Hancock County sits 62 miles south of Penobscot County, ME, with 56,084 residents against 153,571 there, 187 storm events against 395, median home built 1981 against 1977, energy burden 4.3% against 4.3%, income $69,630 against $63,248.
• Washington County sits 64 miles east of Penobscot County, ME, with 31,261 residents against 153,571 there, 248 storm events against 395, median home built 1975 against 1977, energy burden 5.7% against 4.3%, income $52,237 against $63,248.
• Knox County sits 87 miles south of Penobscot County, ME, with 40,860 residents against 153,571 there, 69 storm events against 395, median home built 1973 against 1977, energy burden 4.3% against 4.3%, income $71,903 against $63,248.

Cities in Penobscot County, ME

• Bangor electricity rates31,663 residents