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2019 Washington County, NY Power Outage Report
In 2019, customers in Washington County, NY went without power for an average of 8.2 hours, a total of 239K customer-hours (New York average 3.0 hours). That ranks 13th worst of 62 New York counties and 688th of 2,945 nationally.
Compared with NY, the US and 2018
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of New York customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Washington County, 2019
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 31, 2019 22:30 | November 4, 2019 20:45 | 3d 22h | 4,044 | 114K |
| 2 | September 2, 2019 01:00 | September 2, 2019 11:00 | 10h | 3,889 | 12K |
| 3 | August 17, 2019 21:45 | August 18, 2019 22:15 | 1d | 2,152 | 22K |
| 4 | October 15, 2019 02:15 | October 15, 2019 02:30 | 15m | 1,611 | 403 |
| 5 | November 18, 2019 23:30 | November 20, 2019 13:00 | 1d 13h | 1,479 | 5,644 |
| 6 | April 12, 2019 20:45 | April 12, 2019 23:30 | 2h 45m | 1,176 | 302 |
| 7 | October 4, 2019 11:45 | October 4, 2019 21:00 | 9h 15m | 1,175 | 1,270 |
| 8 | August 10, 2019 14:30 | August 10, 2019 22:15 | 7h 45m | 1,172 | 1,187 |
| 9 | March 11, 2019 16:15 | March 12, 2019 01:00 | 8h 45m | 1,128 | 1,161 |
| 10 | May 19, 2019 21:45 | May 20, 2019 15:30 | 17h 45m | 1,103 | 7,308 |
Outage episodes by size in 2019: 83 reached 100+ customers, 10 reached 1,000+ customers, 0 reached 10,000+ customers.
Utility reliability filed with the EIA
SAIDI (average outage time per customer) and SAIFI (average interruptions per customer) that utilities serving Washington County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2019, or their most recent earlier filing. Utility-wide figures, not county-specific.
| Utility | EIA year | SAIDI | SAIFI | SAIDI excl. major events | SAIFI excl. major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York State Elec & Gas Corp | 2016 | 4.5 hrs | 1.56 | 3.6 hrs | 1.47 |
| Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. | 2018 | 6.6 hrs | 1.53 | 2.5 hrs | 1.06 |
| AVANGRID | - | - | - | - | - |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about 98% of New York's customers in 2019; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 29,152 customers (ORNL modeled county customer count), including major storm days. It is comparable across counties but is not the SAIDI a utility files.
- An outage event is a continuous stretch with customers out; counts at 100, 1,000 and 10,000+ use its peak.
- Years loaded: 2015–2025. Washington County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Washington County, NY annual power outage report, 2019, data as of Oct 3, 2026 02:41 UTC, sources: DOE EAGLE-I (https://eagle-i.doe.gov/); EAGLE-I modeled customer counts (MCC) (https://figshare.com/); EIA Form 861 (utility reliability) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/). https://massoutage.com/reports/2019/new-york/washington-county