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2015 New York Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average New York customer went without power for about 1.6 hours — the 35th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
1.6
Peak customers out
44,453
Rank (worst state)
35th
Counties affected
20

New York outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2015 highlighted.

1.6h20152.2h20163.9h20177.4h20183.0h201910.4h20202.7h20213.7h20222.2h20234.0h20242.4h2025

Hardest-hit New York counties in 2015

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Sullivan County44,4532Orange County38,9073Monroe County31,2774Saratoga County30,0565Richmond County20,2446Erie County13,6747Onondaga County10,8888Ulster County9,5539Suffolk County9,29210Essex County9,28911Jefferson County9,24912Oswego County9,00213Schenectady County8,54314Dutchess County8,08115Ontario County7,79916Albany County7,38017Broome County7,34118Oneida County6,83019Nassau County6,77120Chenango County6,208

Biggest New York outages of 2015

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Sullivan CountySeptember 2, 201544,453
Sullivan CountyAugust 20, 201539,715
Orange CountyDecember 6, 201538,907
Monroe CountyMarch 28, 201531,277
Saratoga CountyNovember 24, 201530,056
Orange CountyDecember 5, 201520,733
Richmond CountyJuly 20, 201520,244
Erie CountyAugust 15, 201513,674
Monroe CountyJune 10, 201512,978
Saratoga CountyFebruary 5, 201511,218
New York by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2015:WVWANCMIRILA

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.