2021 New York Power Outage Report
In 2021, the average New York customer went without power for about 2.6 hours, the 36th worst of 51 states (US average 8.4 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.6
vs prior year
▼ 74%
vs 2020
Customer-hours out
22.1M
Peak customers out
196,964
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
99%
of NY customers
Counties reporting
62
New York year over year
All 62 New York counties, 2021
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 | 50.4 | 129K | 2,561 | 2,561 | 201 |
| 2 | Schuyler County | 27.4 | 133K | 4,852 | 3,744 | 282 |
| 3 | Lewis County | 15.6 | 197K | 12,631 | 6,974 | 322 |
| 4 | Orleans County | 14.8 | 302K | 20,376 | 8,067 | 292 |
| 5 | Ulster County | 14.1 | 1.3M | 89,470 | 15,403 | 705 |
| 6 | Yates County | 13.4 | 168K | 12,531 | 3,704 | 208 |
| 7 | Tioga County | 12.6 | 305K | 24,210 | 6,036 | 378 |
| 8 | Greene County | 11.8 | 277K | 23,513 | 8,150 | 711 |
| 9 | Sullivan County | 11.6 | 470K | 40,509 | 5,927 | 637 |
| 10 | Delaware County | 10.6 | 253K | 23,975 | 13,527 | 407 |
| 11 | Essex County | 9.8 | 230K | 23,389 | 7,359 | 416 |
| 12 | Schoharie County | 9.4 | 137K | 14,522 | 2,205 | 353 |
| 13 | Columbia County | 9.4 | 289K | 30,817 | 13,758 | 525 |
| 14 | Genesee County | 8.8 | 257K | 29,240 | 8,177 | 346 |
| 15 | Franklin County | 8.6 | 204K | 23,669 | 4,402 | 312 |
| 16 | Chenango County | 8.3 | 207K | 25,004 | 5,803 | 339 |
| 17 | Steuben County | 8.2 | 227K | 27,662 | 4,096 | 471 |
| 18 | Dutchess County | 7.3 | 1.1M | 150,017 | 22,231 | 685 |
| 19 | Wyoming County | 6.5 | 139K | 21,392 | 3,037 | 269 |
| 20 | Oswego County | 6.2 | 360K | 57,759 | 11,773 | 664 |
| 21 | Seneca County | 6.1 | 107K | 17,541 | 2,072 | 219 |
| 22 | Putnam County | 6.0 | 286K | 47,493 | 4,709 | 483 |
| 23 | Wayne County | 6.0 | 333K | 55,917 | 10,219 | 469 |
| 24 | Monroe County | 5.8 | 1.8M | 302,455 | 36,421 | 509 |
| 25 | Niagara County | 5.6 | 595K | 106,178 | 24,256 | 651 |
| 26 | Herkimer County | 5.6 | 156K | 27,865 | 5,907 | 399 |
| 27 | St. Lawrence County | 5.5 | 319K | 57,536 | 8,769 | 516 |
| 28 | Broome County | 5.5 | 622K | 113,772 | 24,302 | 482 |
| 29 | Washington County | 5.4 | 158K | 29,152 | 3,749 | 492 |
| 30 | Madison County | 5.3 | 182K | 34,017 | 4,570 | 407 |
| 31 | Cattaraugus County | 5.1 | 127K | 24,980 | 3,187 | 356 |
| 32 | Clinton County | 5.0 | 223K | 44,965 | 7,492 | 338 |
| 33 | Fulton County | 4.7 | 124K | 26,643 | 7,382 | 432 |
| 34 | Saratoga County | 4.4 | 514K | 117,711 | 12,425 | 743 |
| 35 | Warren County | 4.2 | 152K | 36,391 | 2,996 | 540 |
| 36 | Rensselaer County | 3.9 | 316K | 80,326 | 5,465 | 654 |
| 37 | Otsego County | 3.8 | 118K | 31,300 | 3,022 | 346 |
| 38 | Allegany County | 3.7 | 101K | 27,503 | 3,770 | 388 |
| 39 | Orange County | 3.7 | 645K | 176,531 | 8,295 | 621 |
| 40 | Cayuga County | 3.6 | 147K | 40,433 | 5,843 | 390 |
| 41 | Cortland County | 3.5 | 83K | 23,943 | 3,000 | 315 |
| 42 | Tompkins County | 3.5 | 220K | 63,720 | 5,229 | 347 |
| 43 | Onondaga County | 3.4 | 455K | 134,654 | 12,877 | 945 |
| 44 | Jefferson County | 3.3 | 206K | 62,240 | 8,529 | 591 |
| 45 | Montgomery County | 3.1 | 78K | 24,995 | 3,607 | 377 |
| 46 | Chemung County | 2.9 | 134K | 45,622 | 3,549 | 341 |
| 47 | Westchester County | 2.9 | 1.1M | 368,730 | 18,475 | 641 |
| 48 | Erie County | 2.9 | 1.5M | 521,085 | 46,288 | 785 |
| 49 | Livingston County | 2.9 | 96K | 33,457 | 3,999 | 384 |
| 50 | Albany County | 2.9 | 532K | 185,574 | 11,382 | 747 |
| 51 | Oneida County | 2.9 | 346K | 120,802 | 6,687 | 725 |
| 52 | Ontario County | 2.5 | 191K | 75,985 | 4,760 | 531 |
| 53 | Chautauqua County | 2.1 | 101K | 49,280 | 3,893 | 518 |
| 54 | Schenectady County | 1.9 | 150K | 78,627 | 6,294 | 679 |
| 55 | Rockland County | 1.5 | 206K | 133,071 | 3,895 | 629 |
| 56 | Nassau County | 1.3 | 575K | 427,483 | 6,525 | 560 |
| 57 | Suffolk County | 1.2 | 800K | 657,677 | 10,109 | 392 |
| 58 | Richmond County | 1.0 | 166K | 166,680 | 11,414 | 994 |
| 59 | Queens County | 0.7 | 603K | 847,158 | 5,463 | 222 |
| 60 | Kings County | 0.6 | 546K | 915,206 | 3,479 | 221 |
| 61 | Bronx County | 0.6 | 273K | 479,084 | 3,103 | 636 |
| 62 | New York County | 0.2 | 138K | 873,185 | 2,003 | 1,006 |
Biggest New York outages of 2021
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erie County, NY | December 11, 2021 10:15 | December 15, 2021 06:30 | 3d 20h | 46,288 | 590K |
| 2 | Erie County, NY | March 26, 2021 12:00 | March 29, 2021 02:30 | 2d 14h | 38,138 | 267K |
| 3 | Monroe County, NY | December 11, 2021 15:45 | December 17, 2021 05:00 | 5d 13h | 36,421 | 876K |
| 4 | Broome County, NY | January 10, 2021 11:00 | January 10, 2021 13:45 | 2h 45m | 24,302 | 32K |
| 5 | Niagara County, NY | December 11, 2021 17:00 | December 15, 2021 07:30 | 3d 14h | 24,256 | 413K |
| 6 | Dutchess County, NY | July 5, 2021 10:45 | July 12, 2021 03:30 | 6d 16h | 22,231 | 314K |
| 7 | Westchester County, NY | September 1, 2021 12:00 | September 11, 2021 05:45 | 9d 17h | 18,475 | 517K |
| 8 | Monroe County, NY | June 21, 2021 05:00 | June 23, 2021 04:30 | 1d 23h | 16,255 | 140K |
| 9 | Ulster County, NY | March 1, 2021 19:30 | March 4, 2021 11:30 | 2d 16h | 15,403 | 186K |
| 10 | Broome County, NY | July 6, 2021 17:45 | July 10, 2021 23:15 | 4d 5h | 13,797 | 333K |
| 11 | Columbia County, NY | June 29, 2021 15:15 | July 2, 2021 10:30 | 2d 19h | 13,758 | 73K |
| 12 | Delaware County, NY | June 24, 2021 10:30 | June 24, 2021 14:45 | 4h 15m | 13,527 | 43K |
| 13 | Onondaga County, NY | April 6, 2021 18:00 | April 6, 2021 18:30 | 30m | 12,877 | 4,076 |
| 14 | Saratoga County, NY | December 12, 2021 01:00 | December 14, 2021 02:15 | 2d 1h | 12,425 | 66K |
| 15 | Oswego County, NY | April 30, 2021 11:00 | May 1, 2021 06:45 | 19h 45m | 11,773 | 24K |
| 16 | Onondaga County, NY | September 22, 2021 10:15 | September 23, 2021 00:30 | 14h 15m | 11,560 | 13K |
| 17 | Richmond County, NY | February 9, 2021 13:15 | February 9, 2021 21:30 | 8h 15m | 11,414 | 7,859 |
| 18 | Albany County, NY | March 1, 2021 14:15 | March 3, 2021 01:30 | 1d 11h | 11,382 | 77K |
| 19 | Onondaga County, NY | September 23, 2021 01:15 | September 24, 2021 02:30 | 1d 1h | 10,955 | 12K |
| 20 | Broome County, NY | August 30, 2021 01:30 | August 30, 2021 04:00 | 2h 30m | 10,768 | 11K |
| 21 | Erie County, NY | September 19, 2021 10:45 | September 19, 2021 11:45 | 1h | 10,259 | 10K |
| 22 | Wayne County, NY | December 12, 2021 00:15 | December 14, 2021 19:45 | 2d 19h | 10,219 | 113K |
| 23 | Suffolk County, NY | November 12, 2021 10:00 | November 18, 2021 04:15 | 5d 18h | 10,109 | 106K |
| 24 | Columbia County, NY | April 24, 2021 11:30 | April 24, 2021 12:30 | 1h | 9,980 | 4,991 |
| 25 | Saratoga County, NY | August 13, 2021 20:00 | August 15, 2021 01:45 | 1d 5h | 9,625 | 58K |
EAGLE-I tracked about 99% of New York's electricity customers in 2021; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2021 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.