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Maine electric companies, rates and outages

EIA counts 5 utilities in Maine, serving 855,558 accounts for a population of 1,377,400.

Central Maine Power station and dam in Skowhegan, Maine
Central Maine Power Station, Skowhegan, Me (78427). Photo by Tichnor Brothers, Publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative, not a listed utility's plant.

In 2025 Maine homes paid 27.78 ¢/kWh: rank 6 of 51, 60.6% above the U.S. average of 17.30 ¢ (2024: 24.29 ¢).

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How it compares

Maine prices
Customer sector2024GapRank
Residential24.29 ¢/kWh+47.4% against the U.S.8 of 511 is highest
Commercial18.22 ¢/kWh+42.9% against the U.S.10 of 511 is highest
Industrial12.46 ¢/kWh+53.3% against the U.S.8 of 511 is highest

Electric companies in Maine

Maine home prices, 2024; lowest filled.

Maine companies
CompanyHome accountsAverage priceReliabilityNet metering
Houlton Water CompanyLowest price3,90711.95 ¢/kWh$66 a month at 550 kWhNo dataNo data
Town of Madison2,41315.16 ¢/kWh$83 a month at 550 kWhNo dataNo data
Eastern Maine Electric Coop10,80317.06 ¢/kWh$94 a month at 550 kWh737 minSAIDI, SAIFI 5.980.4 MW38 systems
Central Maine Power Co577,95522.37 ¢/kWh$123 a month at 550 kWh215 minSAIDI, SAIFI 1.831,454.6 MW69,229 systems
Versant Power137,90627.50 ¢/kWh$151 a month at 550 kWh478 minSAIDI, SAIFI 3.10282.3 MW12,785 systems

Maine: 2025 and 2026

Maine, data to July 2026.

Maine 2025 average price
27.78 ¢/kWh+14.4% against 2024, U.S. +5.0%
Maine 2025 rank
6 of 51+2 places against 2024
Maine January to Jul 2026
29.99 ¢/kWh+9.2% on Jan-Jul 2025
Maine Last 12 months
29.31 ¢/kWhto July 2026
Maine July 2026
32.41 ¢/kWh+15.8% against July 2025
Maine 2025 costliest month
Dec 30.39 ¢cheapest Jan 26.13 ¢, a 16% spread
Maine Typical 2025 bill
$148 a monthtop Mar $177, low Jun $123

The Maine residential price averaged 27.78 ¢/kWh in 2025, +14.4% on 2024: Maine ran 9.4 points faster than the nation. From January to July 2026 the Maine average is 29.99 ¢, +9.2% on 2025, 2.1 points above the U.S. change. Seasonality in Maine: 2025 peaked in December at 30.39 ¢ and bottomed in January at 26.13 ¢. A typical residential account in Maine paid about $1,774 for energy over 2025, from $123 in June to $177 in March; use per account ran 437 to 626 kWh a month.

Maine price by month, 2024 to Jul 2026

Price by month, Maine: 12 rows
Month202420252026 to Jul
Jan27.3926.1330.73
Feb24.8026.2532.17
Mar23.8428.2728.32
Apr21.4928.1128.42
May20.9427.9128.63
Jun22.4028.1429.59
Jul23.1527.9832.41
Aug23.7728.25No data
Sep26.2627.98No data
Oct25.7826.63No data
Nov25.1727.85No data
Dec26.2130.39No data

12 rows from EIA retail sales.

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What a typical Maine account paid each month

Maine: use per account times price, energy only.

Typical bill by month, Maine: 12 rows
Month20252026 to Jul
Jan160181
Feb175204
Mar177189
Apr149162
May130144
Jun123131
Jul142143
Aug155No data
Sep131No data
Oct125No data
Nov147No data
Dec160No data

12 rows from EIA retail sales.

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What Maine power is made of

In plain words. Natural gas is the biggest source in Maine (39%), and the power made there is cleaner than the U.S. average per kWh. New plants with 102 MW are under construction.

In 2025 Maine plants of 1 MW or more made 14.8 TWh. The biggest sources: natural gas 39.1%, wind 19.6%, hydro 17.2%. For comparison, natural gas makes 40.9% of U.S. generation. Wind, solar and hydro together: 46.9% (22.6% for the U.S.). Maine plants only; imports and rooftop solar are not counted.

Maine, share of net generation, %

  • Coal 0.2
  • Natural gas 39.1
  • Nuclear
  • Hydro (conventional) 17.2
  • Wind 19.6
  • Utility-scale solar 10.0
  • Petroleum 1.1
  • Wood, biomass, geothermal, waste 10.9
  • Other 1.8

Fuel groups: prices guide.

Maine, share of net generation and operating capacity: 8 rows
SourceMaine share of generation, %U.S. share, %Maine generation, TWhMaine capacity, MW
Coal0.216.60.030
Natural gas39.140.95.801,579
Hydro (conventional)17.25.52.55705
Wind19.610.42.921,217
Utility-scale solar10.06.81.49960
Petroleum1.10.40.17883
Wood, biomass, geothermal, waste10.91.41.63559
Other1.80.40.2622

EIA-923 and EIA-860 for Maine, 2025 data, pulled 2 Oct 2026.

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Maine plant pipeline

Maine, megawatts: 6 rows
Maine plantsMW
Operating, utility-scale5,925
Battery storage239
Retiring 2026 to 20300
Retiring after 20305
Under construction102
Planned476

EIA-860 generators in Maine, 2025 data.

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Maine carbon per kWh

Maine plants emitted 312 lb of CO₂ per MWh in 2023 (0.141 kg per kWh), against 767 lb for the U.S. An average Maine home using 527 kWh a month accounts for about 75 kg of CO₂ a month at that rate. The rate is for Maine plants, not your supplier.

state and national values: 4 rows
MeasureMaineU.S.
CO₂, lb per MWh311.8767.2
CO₂, kg per kWh0.1410.348
NOx, lb per MWh0.3130.452
SO2, lb per MWh0.1880.359

EPA eGRID2023 for Maine, pulled 2 Oct 2026.

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Who delivers and who sells in Maine

8.9% of Maine home accounts bought energy from a supplier other than the wires company in 2024 (13 suppliers reported), 742,549 accounts in all. Plan prices are not shown here: choosing a supplier.

Maine, largest wires companies: 3 rows
Maine wires companyDelivery-only home accounts
Central Maine Power Co58,660
Versant Power7,245
Versant Power29

EIA-861 wires companies in Maine, 2024 data.

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Maine, largest suppliers by home accounts: 5 rows
Maine supplierHome accounts
Electricity Maine, LLC17,749
SmartEnergy Holdings, LLC17,539
XOOM Energy Maine, LLC5,370
C. N. Brown Electricity, LLC4,843
Major Energy Electric Services3,972

EIA-861 suppliers in Maine, 2024 data.

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Maine weather

A normal year in Maine brings 8,285 heating and 171 cooling degree-days (1991 to 2020). 2025 had 7,652 heating (8% below normal) and 288 cooling (68% above normal).

Maine degree-days by year

Heating and cooling degree-days, Maine, 2015 to 2025: 11 rows
Maine yearHeating (HDD)Cooling (CDD)Normal HDDNormal CDD
201580232538285171
201672682938285171
201774992158285171
201878353348285171
201980972558285171
202071843128285171
202169593058285171
202272383368285171
202369262898285171
202468463598285171
202576522888285171

NOAA nClimDiv degree-days for Maine, 2015 to 2025, pulled 2 Oct 2026.

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Maine meters and time-of-use rates

97.6% of Maine home meters are advanced (AMI) meters: 741,947 of 759,838. 1 of 6 reporting utilities offer a home time-of-use rate, and 4,962 home accounts are enrolled in dynamic pricing programs.

EIA-861 meters in Maine, data year 2024, pulled 2 Oct 2026: homes.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Maine

Maine: 1,317 NFIP flood claims with a loss date in 2015 to 2025, $45.5M paid, median paid claim $22,534; 33rd of 55 states and territories by dollars paid. The peak year was 2024 with 744 claims. FEMA counts 1.2% of Maine residential structures as insured, 21st of 51, and the policy file shows 8,514 NFIP policies in force on 8 Sep 2026. Floods damage substations and lines, and in Maine this is claims history, not an outage count.

Maine counties with the most NFIP flood claims
Top counties in MaineClaims 2015-2025PaidClaims per 1,000 homes
York County726$26.7M8.8
Cumberland County113$2.4M1.1
Lincoln County73$3.1M3.7
Oxford County65$2.8M2.6
Kennebec County64$2.7M1.3

Maine: flood claims by state, flood claims by county. 1,317 Maine claims as of 8 Sep 2026, OpenFEMA NFIP; counts under 5 hidden.

Maine charts

Price by sector, Maine

Home 24.29, business 18.22, industry 12.46 ¢ in 2024.

Maine price by sector 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearResidentialCommercialIndustrialGap to U.S. residential
201515.6112.479.05+2.96
201615.8312.088.96+3.28
201715.9712.129.20+3.08
201816.8412.519.32+3.97
201917.8912.839.22+4.88
202016.8112.568.86+3.66
202117.0212.909.55+3.36
202222.4415.4011.03+7.40
202327.4217.8812.30+11.42
202424.2918.2212.46+7.81

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Largest utilities, SAIDI

Median of 3 reporters here: 478.0 minutes.

min

  • Central Maine Power Co215.4
  • Versant Power478.0
  • Eastern Maine Electric Coop737.2
  • U.S. median99.5

Maine, SAIDI of the largest Maine utilities: EIA-861 survey.

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Median SAIDI by year, 2015-2024

280 minutes in 2015, 478 in 2024.

Median SAIDI by year, Maine, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearMaine medianGap to U.S. median reporter
2015280+179
2016493+391
2017341+246
2018397+296
2019213+115
2020319+222
2021220+124
2022326+223
2023303+204
2024478+379

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Who serves each county

Maine counties shaded by utilities listing them; the table shows the top twelve.

Maine counties by number of electric utilitiesAroostookPenobscotYorkKnoxOxfordAndroscogginSagadahocFranklinKennebecLincolnCumberlandHancockWashingtonSomersetWaldoPiscataquis

1 utility 2 3 4 or more

Maine counties: first 12 of 16 rows
CountyUtilitiesNames
Aroostook3Eastern Maine Electric Coop; Houlton Water Company; Versant Power
Penobscot3Central Maine Power Co; Eastern Maine Electric Coop; Versant Power
Hancock2Central Maine Power Co; Versant Power
Piscataquis2Central Maine Power Co; Versant Power
Somerset2Central Maine Power Co; Town of Madison
Waldo2Central Maine Power Co; Versant Power
Washington2Eastern Maine Electric Coop; Versant Power
Androscoggin1Central Maine Power Co
Cumberland1Central Maine Power Co
Franklin1Central Maine Power Co
Kennebec1Central Maine Power Co
Knox1Central Maine Power Co

16 rows from EIA-861 Service Territory, Census 2023 county outlines.

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Analyst note

Maine residential power was 11th highest of 51 in 2015 at 15.61 ¢ and is 8th in 2024 at 24.29 ¢, so the state moved up 3 places. The U.S. figure went 12.65 to 16.48 ¢ while Maine went +55.6%. The biggest annual move was 2022 at +31.8%; the latest year, 2024, came in at -11.4% against +3.0% for the U.S. Business customers paid 12.47 ¢ in 2015 and 18.22 ¢ in 2024, a gap to homes of -3.14 ¢ then and -6.07 ¢ now; industry went from 9.05 to 12.46 ¢ (+37.7%). Reliability worsened at the 3 Maine utilities that report in both years: their median SAIDI went from 280 minutes in 2015 to 478 in 2024, +71%, against a U.S. median reporter of 99. Central Maine Power Co is the largest by accounts with 657,328, 76.8% of the 855,558 accounts in Maine, and the top three hold 97.7%.

Maine ranks 8th of 51 on residential price (24.29 ¢), among the costliest, and 47.4% over the national average. Since 2015 the residential price moved +55.6% against +30.3% nationally, so Maine has pulled away from the national trend by 25.3 points.

Businesses pay 6.07 ¢ less than households here (-25.0%); business is under home price in 51 of 51. The median of 3 reporting utilities is 478.0 SAIDI minutes, 4.81 times the national median. The top three utilities hold 99.0% of accounts, so a few reliability records set the state picture.

By revenue, Maine electricity splits 53.4% residential, 33.6% commercial and 13.0% industrial; by kWh the split is 43.2%, 36.3% and 20.5%. Residential accounts are the largest revenue source here. Home accounts are 86.8% of 855,558 accounts and use 550 kWh a month, a commercial account 3,089 and an industrial one 100,525.

Facts

Residents (ACS 2023)
1,377,400589,085 households
Electric accounts
855,558621 per 1,000 residents
Residential price
24.29 ¢/kWh+7.81 ¢ against the U.S.
Commercial price
18.22 ¢/kWh+5.47 ¢ against the U.S.
Industrial price
12.46 ¢/kWh+4.33 ¢ against the U.S.
Residential since 2015
+55.6%+25.3 points vs U.S.
Retail sales
11.3 TWh8,234 kWh a resident
Utilities listed
52 investor owned, 2 municipal, 1 cooperative
Median SAIDI
478.0 min3 utilities, 4.81x U.S.
Net-metered capacity
1,737 MW82,052 installations
Top three utilities
99.0%of utility accounts
Business minus home
-6.07 ¢-25.0% of the home price
Counties with 2+ utilities
7 of 16most: Penobscot, 3 utilities

Data tables

Maine: price by year

YearHomeBusinessIndustryHome vs U.S.
201515.6112.479.05+2.96
201615.8312.088.96+3.28
201715.9712.129.20+3.08
201816.8412.519.32+3.97
201917.8912.839.22+4.88
202016.8112.568.86+3.66
202117.0212.909.55+3.36
202222.4415.4011.03+7.40
202327.4217.8812.30+11.42
202424.2918.2212.46+7.81

Questions on Maine

What is the average residential electricity price in Maine?

24.29 cents in 2024, which is +7.81 cents against the U.S. figure.

How has Maine residential power changed since 2015?

It went from 15.61 to 24.29 cents, +55.6% in total, +25.3 points against the U.S.

How many electric utilities operate in Maine?

5 utilities have Maine as their largest state, and 3 of them report SAIDI.

What net-metered capacity do Maine utilities report?

1,737 MW over 82,052 installations.

How many accounts per 1,000 people in Maine?

621: 855,558 accounts for 1,377,400 residents.

Is commercial power cheaper than residential in Maine?

Businesses pay 18.22 ¢ and homes 24.29 ¢, a difference of -6.07 ¢.

What did Maine residential electricity cost in 2025?

Maine averaged 27.78 cents per kWh, +14.4% against 24.29 in 2024, and 6 of 51 among states.

Are Maine residential electricity prices rising in 2026?

Maine is +2.1 points against the U.S.: 29.99 cents from January to July 2026, +9.2% on 2025.

When in 2025 did Maine residential power cost most, December or January?

December at 30.39 cents in Maine; January was the lowest at 26.13, a 16% spread.

Does Maine residential power cost more than the national average in 2026?

11.77 cents above the national average; Maine 29.99 cents over January to July 2026, +9.2% on 2025.

States with a similar home price

Closest to Maine at 24.29 ¢/kWh, by 2024 average home price.

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How Maine ranks and compares

Maine is 46th cheapest of 51 on price (27.78 ¢); 43rd of 44 on outage minutes (273 min); 4th cleanest grid (312 lb CO2 per MWh); 20th highest income burden (2.47%).

All rankings, price, income and outages explorer, compare two states.

Help paying the bill in Maine

Maine has $42.7 million in federal energy-assistance money for FY2026, shutoff rules and phone lines. Open the Maine help page.

Counties in Maine ranked: highest and lowest energy burden, storm reports and old homes, county by county.

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In 2025 Maine homes paid 27.78 ¢/kWh: rank 6 of 51, 60.6% above the U.S. average of 17.30 ¢ (2024: 24.29 ¢).

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