Power Outages in Rensselaer County, NY
As of July 18, 2026 19:06 UTC, about 121 customers are without power in Rensselaer County, NY across 4 reported incidents. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.4 hours.
Rensselaer County, NY is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Outage started July 18, 2026 · peaked at 1,595 customers without power · resolved
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Rensselaer County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 18, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×5
- Heat Advisory ×5
Latest Rensselaer County, NY outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 1m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,595 customers out (2.0% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Rensselaer County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Rensselaer Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Rensselaer County went about 3.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 41,294 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 41,294 customers out) · decade average 7.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 608 | 3,237 | 2.8 |
| 2016 | 604 | 7,770 | 3.8 |
| 2017 | 573 | 14,546 | 5.9 |
| 2018 | 588 | 10,262 | 6.5 |
| 2019 | 574 | 5,923 | 5.1 |
| 2020 | 614 | 41,294 | 19.8 |
| 2021 | 654 | 5,465 | 3.9 |
| 2022 | 712 | 12,866 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 721 | 23,478 | 11.0 |
| 2024 | 718 | 28,141 | 17.1 |
| 2025 | 754 | 6,136 | 3.4 |
What causes outages here
Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →
A reported cause is available for 1.6% of outage-time over 1 month of live data. Shares above are of the portion with a known cause.
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 7.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Rensselaer County: FAQ
- How often does Rensselaer County, NY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Rensselaer County, NY logged 754 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Rensselaer County, NY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 41,294 customers without power, beginning October 7, 2020 and lasting about 4d 8h.
- Is there a power outage in Rensselaer County, NY right now?
- Yes — about 121 customers are currently without power across 4 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Rensselaer County, NY?
- Tracked electric providers include AVANGRID, NATIONAL GRID.
Troy. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Rensselaer County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Rensselaer County.
12018, 12022, 12033, 12040, 12052, 12061, 12062, 12063, 12082, 12090, 12094, 12121, 12123, 12138, 12140, 12144, 12153, 12154, 12156, 12168, 12169, 12180, 12182, 12185, 12196, 12198
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVANGRID | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
| NATIONAL GRID | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/36083 and /api/v1/counties/36083/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of New York customers). Live data as of .