Power Outages in Rockland County, NY
Orange & Rockland Utils Inc publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.3 hours.
Rockland County, NY is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/new-york/rockland-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Rockland County, NY". https://massoutage.com/new-york/rockland-county
Orange & Rockland Utils Inc publishes no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~120,208 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: Orange & Rockland Utils Inc.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange & Rockland Utils Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Rockland 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 (25)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10956 | 197 | ≤11 | 109 | 0 |
| 10901 | 162 | ≤11 | 110 | 0 |
| 10977 | 151 | ≤11 | 85 | ≤11 |
| 10954 | 149 | ≤11 | 100 | ≤11 |
| 10952 | 148 | 17 | 77 | ≤11 |
| 10965 | 85 | ≤11 | 52 | 0 |
| 10980 | 84 | ≤11 | 55 | 0 |
| 10960 | 68 | ≤11 | 37 | ≤11 |
| 10927 | 67 | ≤11 | 38 | 0 |
| 10984 | 61 | ≤11 | 43 | 0 |
| 10989 | 56 | ≤11 | 35 | 0 |
| 10970 | 56 | ≤11 | 36 | 0 |
| 10923 | 49 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 10920 | 43 | ≤11 | 32 | 0 |
| 10993 | 42 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 10913 | 40 | ≤11 | 25 | ≤11 |
| 10983 | 39 | ≤11 | 28 | ≤11 |
| 10962 | 37 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 10994 | 35 | ≤11 | 20 | 0 |
| 10976 | 25 | ≤11 | 15 | ≤11 |
| 10968 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 10974 | 19 | ≤11 | 12 | 0 |
| 10986 | 16 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 10964 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 10931 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤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 Rockland County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Rockland County right now.
Rockland County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 16, 2026.
- Wind Advisory ×6
- Flood Advisory ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Latest Rockland County, NY outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 4m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 13, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 738 customers out (0.6% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 20m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 21, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 606 customers out (0.5% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 40m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 21, 2026
Hardest-hit cities in Rockland County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Rockland County went about 0.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 59,913 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 0.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 59,913 customers out) · decade average 4.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 885 | 3,255 | 1.2 |
| 2016 | 812 | 5,723 | 2.8 |
| 2017 | 783 | 4,928 | 2.0 |
| 2018 | 418 | 24,113 | 10.9 |
| 2019 | 535 | 12,254 | 2.7 |
| 2020 | 499 | 59,913 | 23.7 |
| 2021 | 629 | 3,895 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 700 | 14,551 | 1.2 |
| 2023 | 707 | 4,250 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 676 | 10,532 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 752 | 1,807 | 0.3 |
Cost of power in Rockland County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Rockland 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.
- Orange & Rockland Utils Inc26.2¢193,698 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.
Relatively High high winds exposure · 4.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Rockland County: FAQ
- How often does Rockland County, NY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Rockland County, NY logged 752 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Rockland County, NY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 59,913 customers without power, beginning August 3, 2020 and lasting about 28d.
- Is there a power outage in Rockland County, NY right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Rockland County, NY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Rockland County, NY?
- Tracked electric providers include Orange & Rockland Utils Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Rockland County.
10901, 10911, 10913, 10920, 10923, 10927, 10931, 10952, 10954, 10956, 10960, 10962, 10964, 10965, 10968, 10970, 10974, 10976, 10977, 10980, 10983, 10984, 10986, 10989, 10993, 10994
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange & Rockland Utils Inc | - | Live · total only | - |
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/36087 and /api/v1/counties/36087/history.