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2021 New York Power Outage Report

In 2021, the average New York customer went without power for about 2.7 hours — the 36th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
2.7
Peak customers out
46,288
Rank (worst state)
36th
Counties affected
20

New York outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2021 highlighted.

1.6h20152.2h20163.9h20177.4h20183.0h201910.4h20202.7h20213.7h20222.2h20234.0h20242.4h2025

Hardest-hit New York counties in 2021

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Erie County46,2882Monroe County36,4213Broome County24,3024Niagara County24,2565Dutchess County22,2316Westchester County18,4757Ulster County15,4038Columbia County13,7589Delaware County13,52710Onondaga County12,87711Saratoga County12,42512Oswego County11,77313Richmond County11,41414Albany County11,38215Wayne County10,21916Suffolk County10,10917St. Lawrence County8,76918Jefferson County8,52919Orange County8,29520Genesee County8,177

Biggest New York outages of 2021

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Erie CountyDecember 11, 202146,288
Erie CountyMarch 26, 202138,138
Monroe CountyDecember 11, 202136,421
Broome CountyJanuary 10, 202124,302
Niagara CountyDecember 11, 202124,256
Dutchess CountyJuly 5, 202122,231
Westchester CountySeptember 1, 202118,475
Monroe CountyJune 21, 202116,255
Ulster CountyMarch 1, 202115,403
Broome CountyJuly 6, 202113,797
New York by year:20252024202320222020201920182017
Other states in 2021:LAMIWVTXORMS

Part of the 2021 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.