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Power Outages in Yates County, NY

AVANGRID has not reported outages here, but it only publishesactive outages, so that isn't a confirmed all-clear. There is no live feed for New York State Elec & Gas Corp and Village of Penn Yan - (NY). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.3 hours.

Yates County, NY is served by 3 tracked utilities.

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AVANGRID only appearsin feeds while reporting outages, so no report isn't a confirmed all-clear.

No live feed for New York State Elec & Gas Corp and Village of Penn Yan - (NY): outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Yates County

0.0%of this county's ~11,853 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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We can't see outages for: New York State Elec & Gas Corp, Village of Penn Yan - (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.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
AVANGRIDOutages onlynone reported------
New York State Elec & Gas CorpNo live feedcan't see------
Village of Penn Yan - (NY)No live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Yates 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
278
Oxygen service
107
Dialysis (facility)
66
Home health / hospice
55
By ZIP code (9)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
14527110≤1191≤11
14837610500
1454419≤11140
14418140≤11≤11
14842≤110≤11≤11
14507≤110≤110
14478≤110≤110
14441≤11≤11≤110
14415≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Yates County, NY

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

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Recent NWS alert activity · Yates County

Yates County has been under 2 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 16, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×2
Outage trend · Yates County, NY
0customers out
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 04:31 UTC
Yates County, NY: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 0 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 19, 2026 04:31 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.816 AM12 PM6 PMOct 19
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Yates County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Yates County went about 8.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 11,008 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 8.3 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Yates County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 6.6h, 2016 4.9h, 2017 8.6h, 2018 11.8h, 2019 7.6h, 2020 6.0h, 2021 13.4h, 2022 9.4h, 2023 4.8h, 2024 20.2h, 2025 8.3h. Highlighted: 2024.01020306.6h20154.9h20168.6h201711.8h20187.6h20196.0h202013.4h20219.4h20224.8h202320.2h20248.3h2025
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Worst year here was 2024 (peak 7,666 customers out) · decade average 9.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20151634,5276.6
20161852,8494.9
20171643,4738.6
201815511,00811.8
20191922,8297.6
20201553,4446.0
20212083,70413.4
20222172,9699.4
20231943,3134.8
20242327,66620.2
20252633,0008.3

Cost of power in Yates County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Yates 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.

22.6¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 88% 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 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-timeEquipment failure 100%Equipment failureEquipment failure100%
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A reported cause is available for 0.7% 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
July 10, 201811,00815m
January 9, 20247,6664d 9h
June 12, 20154,5277h 45m
June 29, 20213,7041d 4h
June 18, 20173,4738h 45m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 9.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormRelatively Moderate

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

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Power outages in Yates County: FAQ

How often does Yates County, NY lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Yates County, NY logged 263 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 8.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Yates County, NY?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 11,008 customers without power, beginning July 10, 2018 and lasting about 15m.
Is there a power outage in Yates County, NY right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Yates County, NY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Yates County, NY?
Tracked electric providers include AVANGRID.
ZIP codes in Yates County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Yates County.

14415, 14418, 14441, 14478, 14507, 14527, 14544, 14837, 14842

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
New York State Elec & Gas Corp-No live feed-
AVANGRID-Outages only-
Village of Penn Yan - (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/36123 and /api/v1/counties/36123/history.