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2020 New York Power Outage Report

In 2020, the average New York customer went without power for about 10.4 hours, the 11th worst of 51 states (US average 8.0 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
10.4
vs prior year
▲ 247%
vs 2019
Customer-hours out
86.5M
Peak customers out
843,857
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
99%
of NY customers
Counties reporting
62

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, 2020

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

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New York customer-hours without power by month, 2020Jan 1.2M, Feb 2.9M, Mar 720K, Apr 2.4M, May 2.0M, Jun 1.4M, Jul 2.6M, Aug 60.0M, Sep 1.1M, Oct 7.3M, Nov 2.2M, Dec 2.7M020M40M60M80M1.2MJan2.9MFeb720KMar2.4MApr2.0MMay1.4MJun2.6MJul60.0MAug1.1MSep7.3MOct2.2MNov2.7MDec
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All 62 New York counties, 2020

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Hamilton County86.2221K2,5612,561219
2Putnam County64.33.1M47,49337,964476
3Nassau County32.914.1M427,483141,608493
4Westchester County32.211.9M368,730124,918705
5Warren County29.91.1M36,39123,676545
6Dutchess County25.93.9M150,01767,413738
7Suffolk County24.115.8M657,677197,669374
8Rockland County23.73.2M133,07159,913499
9Saratoga County21.42.5M117,71148,632629
10Orange County20.93.7M176,53166,763618
11Columbia County20.0618K30,8178,987545
12Rensselaer County19.81.6M80,32641,294614
13Sullivan County19.3781K40,50912,651571
14Washington County16.9494K29,1527,942480
15Schenectady County16.21.3M78,62731,874653
16Albany County16.13.0M185,57467,944708
17Greene County15.7370K23,51315,740640
18Schuyler County15.274K4,8521,491215
19Ulster County14.61.3M89,47015,880694
20Schoharie County12.4180K14,5223,399307
21Herkimer County12.2339K27,8655,637423
22Cattaraugus County11.1277K24,9807,303382
23Fulton County10.9290K26,6434,748428
24Richmond County9.41.6M166,68037,990961
25Essex County8.9209K23,3892,906409
26Delaware County8.1194K23,9753,550390
27Otsego County7.8246K31,3007,273328
28Steuben County7.2198K27,6623,871488
29Allegany County7.1194K27,5039,012392
30Chenango County6.6164K25,0042,886325
31Yates County6.075K12,5313,444155
32Queens County5.44.6M847,15852,750316
33Montgomery County5.2131K24,9954,489353
34Tioga County5.1123K24,2102,977352
35Chautauqua County4.8237K49,2808,614508
36Lewis County4.658K12,6311,724315
37Bronx County4.52.2M479,08423,271707
38Madison County4.2142K34,0175,120426
39Cayuga County4.0164K40,4338,072351
40Wyoming County4.086K21,3923,453284
41Onondaga County3.3446K134,65419,252928
42Orleans County3.266K20,3761,994302
43Erie County3.21.7M521,08552,605872
44Genesee County3.088K29,2405,478342
45Chemung County2.7122K45,6223,284373
46Seneca County2.645K17,5412,461240
47Broome County2.6292K113,77211,241454
48Oswego County2.5146K57,7599,149665
49Jefferson County2.4151K62,2409,343568
50St. Lawrence County2.4140K57,5363,461517
51Wayne County2.4133K55,9176,246434
52Oneida County2.2267K120,8025,564774
53Livingston County2.273K33,4572,507380
54Cortland County2.149K23,9432,999285
55Niagara County2.1218K106,1787,072658
56Franklin County2.048K23,6691,835349
57Ontario County2.0150K75,98521,726493
58Monroe County1.9570K302,4559,250724
59Tompkins County1.6102K63,7205,064357
60Clinton County1.670K44,9652,780389
61Kings County1.1994K915,20623,146291
62New York County0.2133K873,185137,473932

Biggest New York outages of 2020

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Suffolk County, NYJuly 19, 2020 11:30August 24, 2020 06:1535d 18h197,66915.1M
2Nassau County, NYAugust 3, 2020 10:00August 24, 2020 05:1520d 19h141,60813.3M
3New York County, NYAugust 4, 2020 15:45August 11, 2020 21:007d 5h137,47375K
4Westchester County, NYAugust 3, 2020 05:45August 14, 2020 08:1511d 2h124,91810.6M
5Albany County, NYOctober 7, 2020 17:15October 13, 2020 08:005d 14h67,9442.5M
6Dutchess County, NYAugust 4, 2020 07:30August 13, 2020 06:458d 23h67,4132.6M
7Orange County, NYAugust 4, 2020 00:00August 15, 2020 06:0011d 6h66,7632.7M
8Rockland County, NYAugust 3, 2020 09:15August 31, 2020 09:3028d59,9132.7M
9Queens County, NYJuly 19, 2020 13:45August 27, 2020 08:1538d 18h52,7504.2M
10Erie County, NYJanuary 12, 2020 08:15January 14, 2020 08:302d52,605296K
11Saratoga County, NYFebruary 7, 2020 13:30February 11, 2020 08:453d 19h48,632929K
12Rensselaer County, NYOctober 7, 2020 20:15October 12, 2020 04:304d 8h41,2941.3M
13Richmond County, NYAugust 4, 2020 15:00August 12, 2020 02:307d 11h37,9901.4M
14Putnam County, NYAugust 4, 2020 04:00August 12, 2020 00:157d 20h37,9642.3M
15Saratoga County, NYMay 15, 2020 18:45May 18, 2020 19:453d 1h32,746482K
16Schenectady County, NYOctober 7, 2020 20:00October 12, 2020 03:304d 7h31,8741.1M
17Erie County, NYNovember 15, 2020 10:45November 19, 2020 02:153d 15h29,559442K
18Warren County, NYFebruary 7, 2020 11:00February 13, 2020 18:006d 7h23,676864K
19Bronx County, NYAugust 4, 2020 12:30August 14, 2020 03:309d 15h23,2711.9M
20Kings County, NYJuly 19, 2020 13:15August 26, 2020 05:3037d 16h23,146628K
21Ontario County, NYDecember 10, 2020 05:15December 10, 2020 06:301h 15m21,72622K
22Erie County, NYAugust 2, 2020 10:00August 7, 2020 04:454d 18h21,12446K
23Westchester County, NYDecember 24, 2020 20:30December 28, 2020 04:003d 7h19,904290K
24Dutchess County, NYApril 13, 2020 06:00April 16, 2020 02:152d 20h19,587271K
25Onondaga County, NYOctober 7, 2020 17:15October 9, 2020 03:451d 10h19,25282K
EAGLE-I tracked about 99% of New York's electricity customers in 2020; 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:2025202420232022202120192018201720162015
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Part of the 2020 US Power Outage Report.

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