Power outages in Massachusetts leave more than 280,000 in the dark during blizzard of 2026

Power outages hit hundreds of thousands of customers across Massachusetts as the blizzard of 2026 swept through Monday.

According to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), more than 280,000 homes and businesses had no electricity as of 3 p.m. The outages peaked at about 290,000. At one point, the agency's website crashed with the rise in demand for power outage information.

The hardest hit towns are in southeastern Massachusetts and on Cape Cod and the Islands.

Wind is a major issue with this storm. Peak wind gusts have topped 70 miles per hour in some communities and reached 83 mph on Nantucket. The heavy, wet snow is also bringing down trees and power lines across Massachusetts.

Eversource power outages

Olessa Stepanova, a spokesperson for Eversource, said the damage reports started coming in around 3:30 a.m. They had more than 235,000 outages as of 3 p.m..

"Our crews are doing the best that they can," she told WBZ-TV Monday. "Safety and access is going to dictate the pace of restoration. So, we're just asking customers to be patient and prepare for a long duration event."

Stepanova said they have hundreds of crews working across Massachusetts, some of them remotely restoring power.

"With a storm of this magnitude and these conditions where we're dealing with heavy, wet snow and wind and all these difficult driving conditions, we do ask customers to allow us anywhere from 72 to 120 hours to restore, so 3 to 5 days potentially, in some of those areas that are hardest to reach," Stepanova said.

National Grid power outages

National Grid had more than 47,000 outages during their last update.

If you see a power line down, do not go near it. Call 911 and report it.