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 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
1.6
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
13.6M
Peak customers out
53,637
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of NY customers
Counties reporting
62
New York year over year
All 62 New York counties, 2015
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton County | 49.6 | 127K | 2,561 | 2,561 | 178 |
| 2 | Schuyler County | 15.0 | 73K | 4,852 | 4,852 | 210 |
| 3 | Sullivan County | 12.3 | 499K | 40,509 | 40,509 | 584 |
| 4 | Steuben County | 8.3 | 230K | 27,662 | 3,390 | 428 |
| 5 | Yates County | 6.6 | 82K | 12,531 | 4,527 | 163 |
| 6 | Essex County | 6.5 | 151K | 23,389 | 9,289 | 414 |
| 7 | Ulster County | 6.4 | 577K | 89,470 | 9,553 | 793 |
| 8 | Tioga County | 6.1 | 149K | 24,210 | 2,726 | 584 |
| 9 | Chenango County | 5.6 | 140K | 25,004 | 6,208 | 304 |
| 10 | Herkimer County | 5.6 | 156K | 27,865 | 3,660 | 408 |
| 11 | Otsego County | 5.3 | 165K | 31,300 | 5,283 | 274 |
| 12 | Lewis County | 4.9 | 62K | 12,631 | 4,883 | 274 |
| 13 | Wyoming County | 4.8 | 102K | 21,392 | 4,088 | 260 |
| 14 | Saratoga County | 4.8 | 560K | 117,711 | 30,056 | 673 |
| 15 | Greene County | 4.6 | 108K | 23,513 | 2,595 | 655 |
| 16 | Putnam County | 4.4 | 209K | 47,493 | 3,724 | 487 |
| 17 | Cattaraugus County | 4.3 | 107K | 24,980 | 4,195 | 406 |
| 18 | Columbia County | 4.2 | 131K | 30,817 | 5,044 | 529 |
| 19 | Delaware County | 4.0 | 97K | 23,975 | 4,065 | 336 |
| 20 | Oswego County | 3.9 | 224K | 57,759 | 9,002 | 602 |
| 21 | Dutchess County | 3.9 | 579K | 150,017 | 8,081 | 708 |
| 22 | Montgomery County | 3.5 | 89K | 24,995 | 2,509 | 313 |
| 23 | Allegany County | 3.5 | 96K | 27,503 | 3,100 | 338 |
| 24 | Washington County | 3.4 | 98K | 29,152 | 2,413 | 432 |
| 25 | Warren County | 3.4 | 122K | 36,391 | 3,834 | 485 |
| 26 | Onondaga County | 3.1 | 413K | 134,654 | 10,888 | 757 |
| 27 | Madison County | 3.0 | 101K | 34,017 | 3,160 | 378 |
| 28 | Monroe County | 2.9 | 891K | 302,455 | 31,277 | 838 |
| 29 | Schoharie County | 2.9 | 42K | 14,522 | 2,152 | 281 |
| 30 | Schenectady County | 2.9 | 226K | 78,627 | 8,543 | 604 |
| 31 | Seneca County | 2.8 | 49K | 17,541 | 2,380 | 204 |
| 32 | Orange County | 2.8 | 487K | 176,531 | 38,907 | 931 |
| 33 | Rensselaer County | 2.8 | 222K | 80,326 | 3,237 | 608 |
| 34 | Chautauqua County | 2.7 | 135K | 49,280 | 5,755 | 489 |
| 35 | Cayuga County | 2.6 | 106K | 40,433 | 2,829 | 321 |
| 36 | Cortland County | 2.3 | 55K | 23,943 | 1,750 | 291 |
| 37 | Wayne County | 2.2 | 125K | 55,917 | 2,764 | 363 |
| 38 | Franklin County | 2.2 | 51K | 23,669 | 1,553 | 334 |
| 39 | Livingston County | 2.0 | 68K | 33,457 | 3,517 | 331 |
| 40 | Ontario County | 2.0 | 154K | 75,985 | 7,799 | 520 |
| 41 | Albany County | 1.9 | 354K | 185,574 | 7,380 | 744 |
| 42 | Genesee County | 1.9 | 56K | 29,240 | 2,428 | 360 |
| 43 | Jefferson County | 1.8 | 115K | 62,240 | 9,249 | 529 |
| 44 | Erie County | 1.8 | 914K | 521,085 | 13,674 | 850 |
| 45 | Clinton County | 1.7 | 76K | 44,965 | 3,096 | 363 |
| 46 | Broome County | 1.7 | 192K | 113,772 | 7,341 | 375 |
| 47 | Chemung County | 1.7 | 76K | 45,622 | 1,553 | 341 |
| 48 | Richmond County | 1.6 | 270K | 166,680 | 20,244 | 1,060 |
| 49 | Tompkins County | 1.6 | 99K | 63,720 | 4,211 | 306 |
| 50 | Oneida County | 1.5 | 187K | 120,802 | 6,830 | 711 |
| 51 | St. Lawrence County | 1.4 | 79K | 57,536 | 4,226 | 488 |
| 52 | Niagara County | 1.4 | 145K | 106,178 | 3,526 | 614 |
| 53 | Fulton County | 1.3 | 35K | 26,643 | 1,851 | 376 |
| 54 | Rockland County | 1.2 | 166K | 133,071 | 3,255 | 885 |
| 55 | Westchester County | 1.2 | 455K | 368,730 | 4,285 | 773 |
| 56 | Orleans County | 1.1 | 23K | 20,376 | 1,779 | 252 |
| 57 | Nassau County | 1.0 | 420K | 427,483 | 6,771 | 232 |
| 58 | Suffolk County | 0.8 | 501K | 657,677 | 9,292 | 332 |
| 59 | Kings County | 0.7 | 665K | 915,206 | 5,581 | 209 |
| 60 | Queens County | 0.5 | 394K | 847,158 | 2,944 | 195 |
| 61 | Bronx County | 0.3 | 120K | 479,084 | 3,985 | 835 |
| 62 | New York County | 0.2 | 195K | 873,185 | 981 | 851 |
Biggest New York outages of 2015
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sullivan County, NY | September 2, 2015 04:15 | September 2, 2015 08:15 | 4h | 40,509 | 123K |
| 2 | Sullivan County, NY | August 20, 2015 19:00 | August 21, 2015 19:45 | 1d | 39,715 | 126K |
| 3 | Orange County, NY | December 6, 2015 03:30 | December 6, 2015 07:00 | 3h 30m | 38,907 | 79K |
| 4 | Monroe County, NY | March 28, 2015 09:15 | March 28, 2015 20:15 | 11h | 31,277 | 97K |
| 5 | Saratoga County, NY | November 24, 2015 11:15 | November 25, 2015 02:30 | 15h 15m | 30,056 | 116K |
| 6 | Orange County, NY | December 5, 2015 21:45 | December 6, 2015 02:45 | 5h | 20,733 | 23K |
| 7 | Richmond County, NY | July 20, 2015 15:45 | July 22, 2015 05:00 | 1d 13h | 20,244 | 148K |
| 8 | Erie County, NY | August 15, 2015 04:15 | August 16, 2015 06:00 | 1d 1h | 13,674 | 63K |
| 9 | Monroe County, NY | June 10, 2015 13:30 | June 15, 2015 03:00 | 4d 13h | 12,978 | 165K |
| 10 | Saratoga County, NY | February 5, 2015 02:15 | February 5, 2015 09:15 | 7h | 11,218 | 50K |
| 11 | Erie County, NY | June 22, 2015 22:45 | June 29, 2015 09:00 | 6d 10h | 10,914 | 28K |
| 12 | Onondaga County, NY | September 9, 2015 16:00 | September 10, 2015 06:45 | 14h 45m | 10,888 | 20K |
| 13 | Erie County, NY | September 9, 2015 09:15 | September 10, 2015 06:00 | 20h 45m | 10,130 | 11K |
| 14 | Onondaga County, NY | October 28, 2015 14:00 | October 29, 2015 04:45 | 14h 45m | 9,765 | 9,451 |
| 15 | Ulster County, NY | December 15, 2015 12:00 | December 16, 2015 09:00 | 21h | 9,553 | 17K |
| 16 | Suffolk County, NY | August 5, 2015 19:15 | August 6, 2015 05:45 | 10h 30m | 9,292 | 60K |
| 17 | Essex County, NY | July 30, 2015 17:15 | July 31, 2015 02:30 | 9h 15m | 9,289 | 45K |
| 18 | Jefferson County, NY | July 16, 2015 23:30 | July 17, 2015 10:30 | 11h | 9,249 | 8,505 |
| 19 | Oswego County, NY | July 1, 2015 11:45 | July 2, 2015 01:15 | 13h 30m | 9,002 | 17K |
| 20 | Monroe County, NY | May 14, 2015 07:45 | May 14, 2015 11:00 | 3h 15m | 8,601 | 18K |
| 21 | Erie County, NY | May 31, 2015 07:00 | June 1, 2015 09:45 | 1d 2h | 8,579 | 27K |
| 22 | Schenectady County, NY | June 12, 2015 23:15 | June 13, 2015 23:00 | 23h 45m | 8,543 | 29K |
| 23 | Erie County, NY | October 28, 2015 11:45 | October 30, 2015 16:30 | 2d 4h | 8,303 | 51K |
| 24 | Dutchess County, NY | August 21, 2015 08:15 | August 22, 2015 19:45 | 1d 11h | 8,081 | 6,044 |
| 25 | Erie County, NY | July 7, 2015 17:00 | July 8, 2015 08:30 | 15h 30m | 8,068 | 34K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of New York's electricity customers in 2015; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.