2017 New York Power Outage Report
In 2017, the average New York customer went without power for about 3.9 hours, the 18th worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
3.9
vs prior year
▲ 82%
vs 2016
Customer-hours out
32.8M
Peak customers out
240,352
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, 2017
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 | 86.7 | 222K | 2,561 | 2,561 | 184 |
| 2 | Orleans County | 29.2 | 594K | 20,376 | 11,252 | 267 |
| 3 | Genesee County | 25.9 | 758K | 29,240 | 18,731 | 336 |
| 4 | Monroe County | 25.6 | 7.7M | 302,455 | 102,160 | 827 |
| 5 | Wyoming County | 22.6 | 483K | 21,392 | 9,346 | 309 |
| 6 | Schuyler County | 19.5 | 95K | 4,852 | 2,416 | 210 |
| 7 | Washington County | 18.4 | 535K | 29,152 | 13,786 | 390 |
| 8 | Chenango County | 15.9 | 397K | 25,004 | 9,496 | 332 |
| 9 | Putnam County | 13.3 | 633K | 47,493 | 13,923 | 503 |
| 10 | Ulster County | 13.3 | 1.2M | 89,470 | 19,621 | 771 |
| 11 | Allegany County | 12.1 | 333K | 27,503 | 8,489 | 360 |
| 12 | Wayne County | 12.1 | 674K | 55,917 | 9,528 | 380 |
| 13 | Warren County | 11.4 | 414K | 36,391 | 6,945 | 511 |
| 14 | Cattaraugus County | 11.3 | 283K | 24,980 | 8,689 | 429 |
| 15 | Sullivan County | 10.2 | 415K | 40,509 | 6,618 | 555 |
| 16 | Columbia County | 9.6 | 296K | 30,817 | 7,023 | 495 |
| 17 | Essex County | 8.8 | 205K | 23,389 | 7,047 | 367 |
| 18 | Yates County | 8.6 | 107K | 12,531 | 3,473 | 164 |
| 19 | Steuben County | 8.6 | 237K | 27,662 | 4,267 | 409 |
| 20 | Niagara County | 8.2 | 874K | 106,178 | 28,719 | 581 |
| 21 | Tioga County | 8.1 | 196K | 24,210 | 3,820 | 330 |
| 22 | Fulton County | 8.0 | 212K | 26,643 | 5,978 | 368 |
| 23 | Herkimer County | 7.7 | 214K | 27,865 | 3,906 | 348 |
| 24 | Otsego County | 7.6 | 239K | 31,300 | 6,470 | 312 |
| 25 | Cayuga County | 6.9 | 278K | 40,433 | 11,615 | 376 |
| 26 | Saratoga County | 6.8 | 801K | 117,711 | 25,001 | 619 |
| 27 | Delaware County | 6.4 | 154K | 23,975 | 4,939 | 364 |
| 28 | Lewis County | 6.2 | 79K | 12,631 | 3,010 | 302 |
| 29 | Broome County | 6.1 | 689K | 113,772 | 17,819 | 405 |
| 30 | Greene County | 5.9 | 138K | 23,513 | 5,246 | 632 |
| 31 | Rensselaer County | 5.9 | 471K | 80,326 | 14,546 | 573 |
| 32 | Seneca County | 5.8 | 101K | 17,541 | 2,403 | 192 |
| 33 | Franklin County | 5.5 | 131K | 23,669 | 3,404 | 335 |
| 34 | Dutchess County | 5.2 | 779K | 150,017 | 7,471 | 747 |
| 35 | Chautauqua County | 5.1 | 251K | 49,280 | 13,045 | 452 |
| 36 | Livingston County | 5.0 | 166K | 33,457 | 2,310 | 338 |
| 37 | Madison County | 4.7 | 160K | 34,017 | 10,003 | 371 |
| 38 | Montgomery County | 4.4 | 109K | 24,995 | 3,706 | 329 |
| 39 | Oswego County | 4.3 | 251K | 57,759 | 12,299 | 577 |
| 40 | Erie County | 4.3 | 2.2M | 521,085 | 38,779 | 782 |
| 41 | Jefferson County | 4.3 | 268K | 62,240 | 9,118 | 568 |
| 42 | Onondaga County | 4.1 | 558K | 134,654 | 12,497 | 849 |
| 43 | Cortland County | 3.8 | 92K | 23,943 | 8,105 | 286 |
| 44 | Schenectady County | 3.6 | 284K | 78,627 | 8,228 | 548 |
| 45 | Schoharie County | 3.6 | 52K | 14,522 | 2,045 | 264 |
| 46 | Orange County | 3.4 | 606K | 176,531 | 17,128 | 776 |
| 47 | Chemung County | 3.2 | 147K | 45,622 | 4,969 | 364 |
| 48 | Oneida County | 3.0 | 358K | 120,802 | 15,307 | 706 |
| 49 | Nassau County | 2.9 | 1.2M | 427,483 | 13,903 | 313 |
| 50 | Suffolk County | 2.7 | 1.8M | 657,677 | 33,891 | 151 |
| 51 | Westchester County | 2.5 | 910K | 368,730 | 12,473 | 721 |
| 52 | Albany County | 2.4 | 442K | 185,574 | 6,183 | 719 |
| 53 | Tompkins County | 2.2 | 141K | 63,720 | 7,218 | 337 |
| 54 | Ontario County | 2.1 | 161K | 75,985 | 8,620 | 491 |
| 55 | Rockland County | 2.0 | 269K | 133,071 | 4,928 | 783 |
| 56 | St. Lawrence County | 1.7 | 99K | 57,536 | 3,158 | 490 |
| 57 | Clinton County | 1.5 | 68K | 44,965 | 3,145 | 326 |
| 58 | Richmond County | 0.6 | 101K | 166,680 | 5,955 | 981 |
| 59 | Queens County | 0.5 | 403K | 847,158 | 6,721 | 251 |
| 60 | Kings County | 0.5 | 428K | 915,206 | 3,308 | 167 |
| 61 | Bronx County | 0.3 | 134K | 479,084 | 7,949 | 873 |
| 62 | New York County | 0.1 | 88K | 873,185 | 701 | 764 |
Biggest New York outages of 2017
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monroe County, NY | March 8, 2017 16:15 | March 12, 2017 06:00 | 3d 13h | 102,160 | 6.2M |
| 2 | Erie County, NY | March 8, 2017 13:30 | March 12, 2017 06:00 | 3d 16h | 38,779 | 1.1M |
| 3 | Suffolk County, NY | October 2, 2017 10:15 | November 5, 2017 04:00 | 33d 17h | 33,891 | 764K |
| 4 | Monroe County, NY | March 12, 2017 07:00 | March 17, 2017 23:00 | 5d 16h | 32,399 | 774K |
| 5 | Niagara County, NY | March 8, 2017 11:30 | March 12, 2017 06:00 | 3d 18h | 28,719 | 730K |
| 6 | Saratoga County, NY | March 2, 2017 10:45 | March 4, 2017 21:45 | 2d 11h | 25,001 | 186K |
| 7 | Erie County, NY | January 10, 2017 17:15 | January 13, 2017 07:15 | 2d 14h | 24,094 | 171K |
| 8 | Suffolk County, NY | February 9, 2017 11:15 | February 11, 2017 06:45 | 1d 19h | 23,108 | 49K |
| 9 | Erie County, NY | July 20, 2017 10:30 | July 22, 2017 13:15 | 2d 2h | 21,892 | 129K |
| 10 | Ulster County, NY | February 25, 2017 15:45 | February 27, 2017 23:15 | 2d 7h | 19,621 | 344K |
| 11 | Genesee County, NY | March 8, 2017 14:45 | March 12, 2017 06:00 | 3d 15h | 18,731 | 670K |
| 12 | Broome County, NY | May 1, 2017 23:45 | May 4, 2017 21:45 | 2d 22h | 17,819 | 419K |
| 13 | Monroe County, NY | October 15, 2017 21:00 | October 18, 2017 23:30 | 3d 2h | 17,472 | 171K |
| 14 | Orange County, NY | February 25, 2017 19:15 | February 28, 2017 09:15 | 2d 14h | 17,128 | 168K |
| 15 | Oneida County, NY | January 11, 2017 01:45 | January 13, 2017 03:45 | 2d 2h | 15,307 | 95K |
| 16 | Erie County, NY | June 11, 2017 13:45 | June 12, 2017 04:00 | 14h 15m | 15,123 | 19K |
| 17 | Monroe County, NY | March 1, 2017 23:45 | March 6, 2017 04:30 | 4d 4h | 15,040 | 178K |
| 18 | Rensselaer County, NY | May 5, 2017 15:15 | May 8, 2017 06:30 | 2d 15h | 14,546 | 135K |
| 19 | Putnam County, NY | December 25, 2017 14:30 | December 26, 2017 04:15 | 13h 45m | 13,923 | 45K |
| 20 | Nassau County, NY | October 24, 2017 07:15 | November 5, 2017 04:00 | 11d 20h | 13,903 | 187K |
| 21 | Putnam County, NY | October 29, 2017 22:45 | November 1, 2017 19:15 | 2d 20h | 13,853 | 233K |
| 22 | Nassau County, NY | March 1, 2017 19:30 | March 5, 2017 11:30 | 3d 16h | 13,813 | 26K |
| 23 | Washington County, NY | May 18, 2017 15:00 | May 21, 2017 17:00 | 3d 2h | 13,786 | 257K |
| 24 | Erie County, NY | August 4, 2017 16:00 | August 6, 2017 02:15 | 1d 10h | 13,120 | 35K |
| 25 | Chautauqua County, NY | March 8, 2017 16:45 | March 12, 2017 06:00 | 3d 13h | 13,045 | 149K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of New York's electricity customers in 2017; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.