Power Outages in Tompkins County, NY
Is there a power outage in Tompkins County, NY right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:05 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Tompkins County, NY across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for New York State Elec & Gas Corp and Village of Groton - (NY), so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Tompkins County, NY is served by 3 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.6 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/new-york/tompkins-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 15:05 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Tompkins County, NY", live data as of October 19, 2026 15:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/new-york/tompkins-county
Not counted: no live feed for New York State Elec & Gas Corp and Village of Groton - (NY).
Report an outage in Tompkins 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 Village of Groton - (NY); check your electric bill or the utility's website.
0.0%of this county's ~48,570 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: New York State Elec & Gas Corp, Village of Groton - (NY). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVANGRID | Outages only | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| New York State Elec & Gas Corp | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Village of Groton - (NY) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Tompkins 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 (8)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14850 | 324 | ≤11 | 223 | ≤11 |
| 13073 | 72 | ≤11 | 58 | 0 |
| 13068 | 64 | ≤11 | 46 | ≤11 |
| 14867 | 63 | ≤11 | 50 | ≤11 |
| 13053 | 43 | ≤11 | 35 | 0 |
| 14882 | 36 | ≤11 | 29 | ≤11 |
| 14817 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 14881 | ≤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 Tompkins County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Tompkins County right now.
Tompkins County has been under 1 National Weather Service alert recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on September 30, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Latest Tompkins County, NY outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 35m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 1,217 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,941 customers out (4.6% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Tompkins 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 Tompkins Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Tompkins County went about 3.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 44,794 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 3.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 9,629 customers out) · decade average 3.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 306 | 4,211 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 309 | 2,909 | 1.8 |
| 2017 | 337 | 7,218 | 2.2 |
| 2018 | 303 | 44,794 | 2.7 |
| 2019 | 370 | 8,366 | 3.5 |
| 2020 | 357 | 5,064 | 1.6 |
| 2021 | 347 | 5,229 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | 393 | 12,355 | 3.9 |
| 2023 | 369 | 4,757 | 2.7 |
| 2024 | 412 | 9,629 | 8.9 |
| 2025 | 440 | 8,938 | 3.6 |
Cost of power in Tompkins County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Tompkins 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.
- 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.
What causes outages here
Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 3.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Tompkins County: FAQ
- How often does Tompkins County, NY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Tompkins County, NY logged 440 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Tompkins County, NY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 44,794 customers without power, beginning July 10, 2018 and lasting about 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Tompkins County, NY right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:05 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Tompkins County, NY across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for New York State Elec & Gas Corp and Village of Groton - (NY), so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Tompkins County, NY?
- Tracked electric providers include AVANGRID.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Tompkins County.
13053, 13062, 13068, 13073, 13102, 14817, 14850, 14853, 14854, 14867, 14881, 14882, 14886
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 Tompkins County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in New York →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York State Elec & Gas Corp | - | No live feed | - |
| AVANGRID | - | Outages only | - |
| Village of Groton - (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/36109 and /api/v1/counties/36109/history. Live data as of .