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Power Outages in Ulster County, NY

Is there a power outage in Ulster County, NY right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 16:35 UTC, about 10 customers are without power in Ulster County, NY across 2 reported incidents. There is no live feed for New York State Elec & Gas Corp, so outages in their service area aren't counted.

Ulster County, NY is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 10.7 hours.

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Scattered outages

10 customers without power

0.0% of Ulster County · across 2 reported incidents.

Utility ETR: October 19, 2026 17:30 UTC (utility's estimate)

Not counted: no live feed for New York State Elec & Gas Corp.

Live data as of

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Live status by utility · Ulster County

95%of this county's ~97,989 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: 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.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Central Hudson Gas & Elec CorpLive · county1093,1770.0%+1 small outage (below reporting minimum)2October 19, 2026 17:30 UTC
Orange & Rockland Utils IncLive · county040.0%-0-
AVANGRIDOutages onlynone reported------
New York State Elec & Gas CorpNo live feedcan't see------

Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp and Orange & Rockland Utils Inc reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.

Municipalities in Ulster County

Town-by-town counts as reported by Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp, Orange & Rockland Utilities, 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 .

TownUtilityOutServed% outUtility ETRSmall outages
HURLEYCentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp73,3680.2%October 19, 2026 17:00 UTC-
ESOPUSCentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp04,5920.0%October 19, 2026 17:30 UTC+1 small outage (below reporting minimum)
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DENNINGCentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp05530.0%--
ELLENVILLECentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp02,2460.0%--
GARDINERCentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp03,1200.0%--
KINGSTON CITYCentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp012,7630.0%--
KINGSTON TOWNCentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp06560.0%--
LLOYDCentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp05,7420.0%--
MARBLETOWNCentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp03,7060.0%--
MARLBOROUGHCentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp04,6160.0%--
NEW PALTZCentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp03,5200.0%--
NEW PALTZ VILLAGECentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp02,4360.0%--
OLIVECentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp02,8490.0%--
PLATTEKILLCentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp04,9470.0%--
ROCHESTERCentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp04,5420.0%--
ROSENDALECentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp03,2250.0%--
SAUGERTIESCentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp08,8990.0%--
SAUGERTIES VILLAGECentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp02,2970.0%--
SHANDAKENCentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp020.0%--
SHAWANGUNKCentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp02,7420.0%--
ULSTERCentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp06,7360.0%--
WARWARSINGOrange & Rockland Utilities040.0%--
WAWARSINGCentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp04,8300.0%--
WOODSTOCKCentral Hudson Gas & Elec Corp04,7900.0%--

Active outages in Ulster County0

No individual outages are listed by utilities with an outage-level feed right now.

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Ulster 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.

Power-dependent
1,635
Oxygen service
449
Dialysis (facility)
312
Home health / hospice
589
By ZIP code (49)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
1240129814238≤11
12477163≤11118≤11
12589105≤1173≤11
12566961380≤11
1256188≤1163≤11
1252888≤1162≤11
1242864≤1146≤11
1244654≤1143≤11
1254243≤1135≤11
1249840≤1122≤11
1244933≤11230
1252531025≤11
1245828≤1121≤11
1244327≤11220
1248721≤1117≤11
1247220≤11120
12466200170
12404200170
1254717≤11140
1246116≤11≤110
1274015≤11120
12484140≤110
1249113≤11≤110
1244013≤11≤11≤11
12725≤110≤110
12548≤110≤110
12515≤110≤110
12495≤11000
12494≤110≤110
12493≤110≤110
12486≤110≤110
12481≤110≤110
12480≤11≤11≤110
12471≤110≤110
12464≤11≤11≤110
12457≤110≤110
12456≤11≤11≤110
12448≤110≤110
12435≤11≤11≤110
12433≤110≤110
12429≤110≤110
12419≤110≤110
12417≤110≤110
12416≤110≤110
12412≤110≤110
12411≤11≤11≤110
12410≤110≤110
12409≤110≤110
12406≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Ulster County, NY

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Ulster County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Ulster County

Ulster County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 16, 2026.

  • Wind Advisory ×3
  • Flood Warning ×2
  • Frost Advisory ×2
  • Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
  • Special Weather Statement ×1

Latest Ulster County, NY outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 3h 14m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 13, 2026

  3. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 13, 2026

  4. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 13, 2026

  5. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 521 customers out (0.6% of the county)

  6. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 5h 46m

  7. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 20, 2026

  8. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 265 customers out

Outage trend · Ulster County, NY
10customers out · peak 41
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 16:30 UTC
Ulster County, NY: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 41 customers out; latest 10 as of Oct 19, 2026 16:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.02040606 PMOct 196 AM12 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Ulster County went about 10.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 47,925 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 10.7 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Ulster County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 6.4h, 2016 7.8h, 2017 13.3h, 2018 24.2h, 2019 10.9h, 2020 14.6h, 2021 14.1h, 2022 39.9h, 2023 12.5h, 2024 11.4h, 2025 10.7h. Highlighted: 2022.0102030406.4h20157.8h201613.3h201724.2h201810.9h201914.6h202014.1h202139.9h202212.5h202311.4h202410.7h2025
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Worst year here was 2022 (peak 47,925 customers out) · decade average 15.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20157939,5536.4
201673710,9547.8
201777119,62113.3
201869329,74524.2
201974514,82510.9
202069415,88014.6
202170515,40314.1
202272347,92539.9
202372619,78312.5
20246268,34411.4
202572518,31510.7

Cost of power in Ulster County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Ulster 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.

27.7¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 57% since 2015
vs New York avg 29.9¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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? →

Outage causes by share of outage-timeTrees / vegetation 100%Trees / vegetationTrees / vegetation100%
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A reported cause is available for 0% of outage-time over 2 months of live data. Shares are of the portion with a known cause; bars are scaled to the largest cause.
Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
February 3, 202247,9257d 4h
March 2, 201829,7453d 17h
September 7, 202319,7833d 20h
February 25, 201719,6212d 7h
March 6, 201819,5964d 8h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Relatively High high winds exposure · 15.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Strong windRelatively High
HurricaneRelatively Moderate
TornadoRelatively Moderate
Ice stormRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Ulster County: FAQ

How often does Ulster County, NY lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Ulster County, NY logged 725 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 10.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Ulster County, NY?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 47,925 customers without power, beginning February 3, 2022 and lasting about 7d 4h.
Is there a power outage in Ulster County, NY right now?
Yes. As of October 19, 2026 16:35 UTC, about 10 customers are without power in Ulster County, NY across 2 reported incidents. There is no live feed for New York State Elec & Gas Corp, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Which utilities serve Ulster County, NY?
Tracked electric providers include AVANGRID, Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp, Orange & Rockland Utils Inc.
Nearby counties
Columbia CountyDelaware CountyDutchess CountyGreene County
ZIP codes in Ulster County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Ulster County (showing 40 of 55).

12401, 12404, 12406, 12409, 12410, 12411, 12412, 12416, 12417, 12419, 12420, 12428, 12429, 12432, 12433, 12435, 12440, 12443, 12446, 12448, 12449, 12453, 12456, 12457, 12458, 12461, 12464, 12465, 12466, 12471, 12472, 12475, 12477, 12481, 12484, 12486, 12487, 12489, 12490, 12491

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 Ulster County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in New York →

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp4.8 hrsLive · countyOutage map ↗
New York State Elec & Gas Corp-No live feed-
AVANGRID-Outages only-
Orange & Rockland Utils Inc-Live · county-

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/36111 and /api/v1/counties/36111/history. Live data as of .