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2018 New York Power Outage Report

In 2018, the average New York customer went without power for about 7.4 hours, the 11th worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
7.4
vs prior year
▲ 89%
vs 2017
Customer-hours out
54.2M
Peak customers out
1,173,487
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
98%
of NY customers
Counties reporting
60

New York year over year

New York: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 1.6h; 2016: 2.2h; 2017: 3.9h; 2018: 7.4h, coverage 98%; 2019: 3.0h, coverage 98%; 2020: 10.4h, coverage 99%; 2021: 2.7h, coverage 99%; 2022: 3.7h, coverage 99%; 2023: 2.2h; 2024: 4.0h; 2025: 2.4h0510150%50%100%1.6h20152.2h20163.9h20177.4h20183.0h201910.4h20202.7h20213.7h20222.2h20234.0h20242.4h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2018

Customer-hours without power across New York; March was the worst.

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New York customer-hours without power by month, 2018Jan 1.0M, Feb 559K, Mar 25.3M, Apr 4.5M, May 12.0M, Jun 1.4M, Jul 3.0M, Aug 1.8M, Sep 968K, Oct 1.2M, Nov 1.7M, Dec 650K010M20M30M1.0MJan559KFeb25.3MMar4.5MApr12.0MMay1.4MJun3.0MJul1.8MAug968KSep1.2MOct1.7MNov650KDec
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All 60 New York counties, 2018

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Hamilton County186.6478K2,5612,561196
2Putnam County97.84.6M47,49335,668481
3Sullivan County82.83.4M40,50940,509529
4Schuyler County40.8198K4,8524,852233
5Essex County35.9839K23,38914,418388
6Warren County29.81.1M36,39119,949490
7Dutchess County28.34.2M150,01734,503737
8Westchester County27.610.2M368,73088,376607
9Greene County26.8630K23,51320,836686
10Columbia County25.9798K30,81715,013492
11Cattaraugus County25.8645K24,98014,233443
12Ulster County24.22.2M89,47029,745693
13Steuben County19.6541K27,66227,662408
14Orange County18.33.2M176,53167,715429
15Allegany County18.1497K27,50314,946347
16Washington County15.9464K29,1527,401478
17Clinton County15.2682K44,96517,251354
18Franklin County14.6347K23,6698,669326
19Lewis County13.7173K12,6314,541320
20Fulton County12.7337K26,6437,101412
21Yates County11.8148K12,53111,008155
22Delaware County11.7281K23,97523,975364
23Rockland County10.91.5M133,07124,113418
24Herkimer County10.4291K27,8654,965407
25Oswego County10.1581K57,75914,521613
26Saratoga County9.41.1M117,71115,691624
27Schoharie County9.3134K14,5222,111300
28Montgomery County7.9198K24,9953,408309
29Chenango County7.5187K25,00421,874316
30Livingston County7.3243K33,45710,962345
31Tioga County7.1172K24,21019,104324
32St. Lawrence County6.9396K57,53611,498549
33Orleans County6.7137K20,3764,501312
34Rensselaer County6.5525K80,32610,262588
35Wyoming County6.4138K21,39213,288270
36Madison County6.2211K34,0176,193390
37Oneida County5.8701K120,80215,338747
38Seneca County5.596K17,54116,568211
39Chautauqua County5.4268K49,2805,178480
40Wayne County5.4303K55,91740,913372
41Otsego County4.6145K31,30024,592297
42Cayuga County4.4177K40,43337,627353
43Nassau County4.31.8M427,48345,945332
44Schenectady County4.1324K78,6276,933626
45Albany County3.9718K185,5748,524642
46Chemung County3.6164K45,62239,593351
47Onondaga County3.6483K134,6547,646875
48Monroe County3.41.0M302,455284,600767
49Niagara County3.4360K106,17819,786606
50Jefferson County3.4210K62,24015,947566
51Erie County3.21.7M521,085147,874784
52Genesee County3.088K29,2405,380354
53Broome County2.9334K113,77283,402413
54Cortland County2.868K23,9433,006289
55Tompkins County2.7175K63,72044,794303
56Ontario County2.7208K75,98547,792505
57Suffolk County2.21.5M657,67726,339238
58Bronx County0.9437K479,08413,293846
59Queens County0.9752K847,1589,384163
60Kings County0.4395K915,2066,275101

Biggest New York outages of 2018

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Monroe County, NYJuly 10, 2018 12:45July 11, 2018 03:4515h284,60073K
2Erie County, NYJuly 9, 2018 20:45July 13, 2018 18:303d 21h147,87443K
3Westchester County, NYMarch 2, 2018 02:45March 6, 2018 01:003d 22h88,3765.4M
4Broome County, NYJuly 10, 2018 20:00July 10, 2018 20:1515m83,40221K
5Orange County, NYMay 15, 2018 16:15May 24, 2018 06:008d 13h67,7152.2M
6Westchester County, NYMarch 6, 2018 03:15March 15, 2018 07:459d 4h50,1673.2M
7Ontario County, NYJuly 10, 2018 14:30July 11, 2018 00:009h 30m47,79213K
8Nassau County, NYMarch 2, 2018 09:30March 6, 2018 01:003d 15h45,945733K
9Tompkins County, NYJuly 10, 2018 20:00July 10, 2018 20:1515m44,79411K
10Wayne County, NYJuly 10, 2018 20:00July 10, 2018 21:301h 30m40,91310K
11Sullivan County, NYJuly 10, 2018 17:45July 11, 2018 15:3021h 45m40,50910K
12Chemung County, NYJuly 10, 2018 20:00July 10, 2018 20:1515m39,5939,898
13Cayuga County, NYJuly 10, 2018 20:00July 10, 2018 20:1515m37,6279,407
14Westchester County, NYMay 15, 2018 10:45May 24, 2018 03:458d 17h37,259880K
15Putnam County, NYJuly 10, 2018 20:00July 10, 2018 20:1515m35,6688,917
16Dutchess County, NYMarch 2, 2018 08:15March 6, 2018 01:003d 16h34,5032.0M
17Putnam County, NYMay 15, 2018 20:15May 22, 2018 09:006d 12h33,3411.7M
18Monroe County, NYMarch 30, 2018 13:00March 31, 2018 00:0011h33,30742K
19Sullivan County, NYMarch 2, 2018 06:15March 6, 2018 01:003d 18h30,0561.5M
20Ulster County, NYMarch 2, 2018 07:15March 6, 2018 01:003d 17h29,745803K
21Erie County, NYApril 4, 2018 07:00April 8, 2018 03:153d 20h28,725539K
22Steuben County, NYJuly 10, 2018 20:00July 10, 2018 20:1515m27,6626,916
23Westchester County, NYJuly 10, 2018 13:30July 11, 2018 07:1517h 45m27,0927,007
24Putnam County, NYMarch 2, 2018 09:30March 6, 2018 01:003d 15h26,5991.8M
25Suffolk County, NYMarch 6, 2018 03:15March 25, 2018 09:3019d 6h26,339546K
EAGLE-I tracked about 98% of New York's electricity customers in 2018; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
New York by year:2025202420232022202120202019201720162015
Other states in 2018:NCVAWVMARIVTMEMI

Part of the 2018 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.