Power Outages in Essex County, NY
Is there a power outage in Essex County, NY right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:05 UTC, about 4 customers are without power in Essex County, NY across 2 reported incidents. There is no live feed for Lake Placid Village, Inc - (NY) and New York State Elec & Gas Corp, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Essex County, NY is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.4 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/new-york/essex-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 15:05 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Essex County, NY", live data as of October 19, 2026 15:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/new-york/essex-county
Not counted: no live feed for Lake Placid Village, Inc - (NY) and New York State Elec & Gas Corp.
Report an outage in Essex County, NY
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for New York State Elec & Gas Corp, AVANGRID and Lake Placid Village, Inc - (NY); check your electric bill or the utility's website.
45%of this county's ~28,285 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Lake Placid Village, Inc - (NY), New York State Elec & Gas Corp. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
Only visible while reporting outages: AVANGRID. Zero here is not a confirmed all-clear.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. | Live · county | 4 | 12,708 | 0.0% | - | 2 | October 19, 2026 18:00 UTC | |
| AVANGRID | Outages only | none reported | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lake Placid Village, Inc - (NY) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| New York State Elec & Gas Corp | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. reportsevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Municipalities in Essex County
Town-by-town counts as reported by Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., most affected first. A town served by more than one utility appears once per utility; utilities without a town-level feed aren't included. Updated .
| Town | Utility | Out | Served | % out | Utility ETR | Small outages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ticonderoga | Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. | 3 | 2,849 | 0.1% | October 19, 2026 17:45 UTC | - |
| Minerva | Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. | 1 | 732 | 0.1% | October 19, 2026 18:00 UTC | - |
Show 8 towns with no outages
| Crown Point | Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. | 0 | 1,186 | 0.0% | - | - |
| Moriah | Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. | 0 | 2,344 | 0.0% | - | - |
| North Elba | Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. | 0 | 373 | 0.0% | - | - |
| North Hudson | Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. | 0 | 304 | 0.0% | - | - |
| Saranac Lake Village | Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. | 0 | 723 | 0.0% | - | - |
| Schroon | Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. | 0 | 2,430 | 0.0% | - | - |
| St Armand | Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. | 0 | 729 | 0.0% | - | - |
| Westport | Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. | 0 | 1,038 | 0.0% | - | - |
Active outages in Essex County0
No individual outages are listed by utilities with an outage-level feed right now.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Essex Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (28)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12944 | 75 | 0 | 66 | 0 |
| 12883 | 58 | 0 | 47 | ≤11 |
| 12946 | 41 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 12996 | 34 | 0 | 27 | ≤11 |
| 12974 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 12932 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 12956 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 12870 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 12993 | 18 | ≤11 | 14 | 0 |
| 12913 | 14 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 12997 | 13 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 12928 | 12 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 12998 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 12987 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 12977 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 12975 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 12961 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 12960 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 12950 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 12943 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 12942 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 12941 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 12936 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 12858 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 12857 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 12855 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 12852 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 12851 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Essex County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Essex County right now.
Essex County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 7, 2026.
- Frost Advisory ×9
Latest Essex County, NY outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 35m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 4,000 customers out (17% of the county)
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Essex County went about 5.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 14,524 customers.
The US EIA reports New York utilities averaged 4.0 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 5.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 14,418 customers out) · decade average 13.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 414 | 9,289 | 6.5 |
| 2016 | 370 | 9,139 | 5.2 |
| 2017 | 367 | 7,047 | 8.8 |
| 2018 | 388 | 14,418 | 35.8 |
| 2019 | 359 | 9,373 | 13.5 |
| 2020 | 409 | 2,906 | 8.9 |
| 2021 | 416 | 7,359 | 9.8 |
| 2022 | 434 | 12,522 | 24.2 |
| 2023 | 416 | 14,524 | 14.5 |
| 2024 | 412 | 6,690 | 20.5 |
| 2025 | 438 | 3,678 | 5.4 |
Cost of power in Essex County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Essex County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.19.9¢1,449,428 cust
- New York State Elec & Gas Corp22.6¢747,709 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 13.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Essex County: FAQ
- How often does Essex County, NY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Essex County, NY logged 438 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Essex County, NY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 14,524 customers without power, beginning March 14, 2023 and lasting about 2d 14h.
- Is there a power outage in Essex County, NY right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:05 UTC, about 4 customers are without power in Essex County, NY across 2 reported incidents. There is no live feed for Lake Placid Village, Inc - (NY) and New York State Elec & Gas Corp, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Essex County, NY?
- Tracked electric providers include AVANGRID, Niagara Mohawk Power Corp..
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Essex County.
12851, 12852, 12855, 12857, 12858, 12870, 12872, 12883, 12928, 12932, 12936, 12941, 12942, 12943, 12944, 12946, 12950, 12956, 12960, 12961, 12964, 12974, 12975, 12977, 12987, 12993, 12996, 12997, 12998
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Essex County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in New York →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. | 4.0 hrs | Live · county | Outage map ↗ |
| New York State Elec & Gas Corp | - | No live feed | - |
| AVANGRID | - | Outages only | - |
| Lake Placid Village, Inc - (NY) | - | No live feed | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of New York customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/36031 and /api/v1/counties/36031/history. Live data as of .