2022 New York Power Outage Report
In 2022, the average New York customer went without power for about 3.6 hours, the 29th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
3.6
vs prior year
▲ 38%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
30.5M
Peak customers out
190,811
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, 2022
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 | 95.0 | 243K | 2,561 | 2,561 | 219 |
| 2 | Chenango County | 50.3 | 1.3M | 25,004 | 16,520 | 365 |
| 3 | Ulster County | 39.9 | 3.6M | 89,470 | 47,925 | 723 |
| 4 | Otsego County | 28.9 | 906K | 31,300 | 14,809 | 379 |
| 5 | Delaware County | 27.8 | 667K | 23,975 | 9,607 | 399 |
| 6 | Essex County | 24.3 | 568K | 23,389 | 12,522 | 434 |
| 7 | Tioga County | 23.9 | 579K | 24,210 | 8,608 | 377 |
| 8 | Warren County | 22.8 | 831K | 36,391 | 18,553 | 592 |
| 9 | Herkimer County | 21.4 | 596K | 27,865 | 15,496 | 440 |
| 10 | Broome County | 18.7 | 2.1M | 113,772 | 44,011 | 516 |
| 11 | Fulton County | 16.2 | 431K | 26,643 | 13,567 | 468 |
| 12 | Schuyler County | 13.9 | 67K | 4,852 | 2,533 | 248 |
| 13 | Greene County | 12.7 | 298K | 23,513 | 8,131 | 690 |
| 14 | Columbia County | 12.2 | 375K | 30,817 | 15,149 | 588 |
| 15 | Orleans County | 12.0 | 244K | 20,376 | 5,266 | 339 |
| 16 | Sullivan County | 10.7 | 435K | 40,509 | 7,758 | 707 |
| 17 | Washington County | 10.7 | 312K | 29,152 | 10,770 | 505 |
| 18 | Yates County | 9.4 | 117K | 12,531 | 2,969 | 217 |
| 19 | Schoharie County | 8.9 | 129K | 14,522 | 1,841 | 328 |
| 20 | Madison County | 8.8 | 301K | 34,017 | 5,342 | 451 |
| 21 | Steuben County | 8.4 | 232K | 27,662 | 4,164 | 483 |
| 22 | Lewis County | 7.8 | 98K | 12,631 | 3,307 | 354 |
| 23 | Saratoga County | 7.1 | 830K | 117,711 | 22,216 | 748 |
| 24 | Franklin County | 7.0 | 167K | 23,669 | 3,040 | 355 |
| 25 | Wyoming County | 6.7 | 142K | 21,392 | 4,198 | 282 |
| 26 | Putnam County | 6.3 | 301K | 47,493 | 6,035 | 500 |
| 27 | Cortland County | 5.9 | 141K | 23,943 | 4,936 | 333 |
| 28 | St. Lawrence County | 5.8 | 333K | 57,536 | 9,600 | 587 |
| 29 | Erie County | 5.6 | 2.9M | 521,085 | 34,999 | 690 |
| 30 | Oswego County | 5.4 | 312K | 57,759 | 10,870 | 734 |
| 31 | Dutchess County | 5.2 | 781K | 150,017 | 12,108 | 745 |
| 32 | Rensselaer County | 5.1 | 407K | 80,326 | 12,866 | 712 |
| 33 | Montgomery County | 4.8 | 121K | 24,995 | 3,361 | 457 |
| 34 | Allegany County | 4.4 | 121K | 27,503 | 3,914 | 392 |
| 35 | Oneida County | 4.2 | 504K | 120,802 | 9,835 | 838 |
| 36 | Cattaraugus County | 4.1 | 103K | 24,980 | 2,536 | 489 |
| 37 | Jefferson County | 4.0 | 252K | 62,240 | 39,726 | 641 |
| 38 | Clinton County | 4.0 | 181K | 44,965 | 10,957 | 364 |
| 39 | Tompkins County | 3.9 | 247K | 63,720 | 12,355 | 393 |
| 40 | Livingston County | 3.8 | 126K | 33,457 | 5,581 | 417 |
| 41 | Genesee County | 3.8 | 110K | 29,240 | 4,663 | 411 |
| 42 | Niagara County | 3.7 | 395K | 106,178 | 8,011 | 725 |
| 43 | Monroe County | 3.7 | 1.1M | 302,455 | 27,232 | 509 |
| 44 | Ontario County | 3.6 | 276K | 75,985 | 8,873 | 554 |
| 45 | Seneca County | 3.5 | 62K | 17,541 | 2,108 | 234 |
| 46 | Cayuga County | 3.5 | 140K | 40,433 | 5,480 | 438 |
| 47 | Onondaga County | 3.3 | 444K | 134,654 | 20,532 | 944 |
| 48 | Chemung County | 3.1 | 141K | 45,622 | 2,532 | 418 |
| 49 | Wayne County | 3.0 | 170K | 55,917 | 5,113 | 515 |
| 50 | Chautauqua County | 3.0 | 148K | 49,280 | 11,944 | 534 |
| 51 | Orange County | 3.0 | 523K | 176,531 | 8,447 | 680 |
| 52 | Schenectady County | 2.9 | 230K | 78,627 | 12,349 | 734 |
| 53 | Westchester County | 2.2 | 826K | 368,730 | 12,446 | 663 |
| 54 | Albany County | 2.2 | 405K | 185,574 | 10,965 | 809 |
| 55 | Nassau County | 1.3 | 571K | 427,483 | 11,064 | 617 |
| 56 | Rockland County | 1.2 | 165K | 133,071 | 14,551 | 700 |
| 57 | Richmond County | 1.2 | 202K | 166,680 | 17,760 | 998 |
| 58 | Suffolk County | 1.2 | 760K | 657,677 | 9,236 | 356 |
| 59 | Bronx County | 0.7 | 327K | 479,084 | 7,859 | 725 |
| 60 | Queens County | 0.6 | 535K | 847,158 | 6,789 | 333 |
| 61 | Kings County | 0.5 | 468K | 915,206 | 6,816 | 358 |
| 62 | New York County | 0.1 | 115K | 873,185 | 2,213 | 1,150 |
Biggest New York outages of 2022
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ulster County, NY | February 3, 2022 19:30 | February 11, 2022 00:00 | 7d 4h | 47,925 | 2.4M |
| 2 | Broome County, NY | April 19, 2022 14:00 | April 24, 2022 01:30 | 4d 11h | 44,011 | 1.6M |
| 3 | Broome County, NY | April 19, 2022 13:00 | April 19, 2022 13:15 | 15m | 40,538 | 10K |
| 4 | Jefferson County, NY | March 2, 2022 13:45 | March 2, 2022 20:00 | 6h 15m | 39,726 | 21K |
| 5 | Broome County, NY | April 18, 2022 21:15 | April 19, 2022 11:30 | 14h 15m | 39,050 | 117K |
| 6 | Erie County, NY | December 23, 2022 12:30 | December 29, 2022 07:45 | 5d 19h | 34,999 | 2.1M |
| 7 | Monroe County, NY | March 6, 2022 14:00 | March 11, 2022 23:30 | 5d 9h | 27,232 | 306K |
| 8 | Saratoga County, NY | August 23, 2022 12:45 | August 25, 2022 05:30 | 1d 16h | 22,216 | 34K |
| 9 | Monroe County, NY | December 23, 2022 08:45 | December 29, 2022 15:30 | 6d 6h | 21,606 | 334K |
| 10 | Saratoga County, NY | April 19, 2022 00:30 | April 22, 2022 07:45 | 3d 7h | 21,196 | 314K |
| 11 | Onondaga County, NY | January 15, 2022 11:45 | January 16, 2022 07:00 | 19h 15m | 20,532 | 58K |
| 12 | Ulster County, NY | July 23, 2022 14:30 | July 27, 2022 19:45 | 4d 5h | 19,387 | 300K |
| 13 | Warren County, NY | August 30, 2022 15:30 | September 1, 2022 02:45 | 1d 11h | 18,553 | 52K |
| 14 | Richmond County, NY | August 29, 2022 13:00 | August 30, 2022 01:30 | 12h 30m | 17,760 | 38K |
| 15 | Warren County, NY | April 18, 2022 20:45 | April 22, 2022 07:45 | 3d 11h | 16,592 | 434K |
| 16 | Chenango County, NY | April 19, 2022 06:00 | April 24, 2022 00:45 | 4d 18h | 16,520 | 892K |
| 17 | Herkimer County, NY | April 18, 2022 19:15 | April 23, 2022 01:45 | 4d 6h | 15,496 | 434K |
| 18 | Columbia County, NY | January 16, 2022 06:30 | January 17, 2022 01:30 | 19h | 15,149 | 42K |
| 19 | Otsego County, NY | April 18, 2022 21:45 | April 24, 2022 16:00 | 5d 18h | 14,809 | 635K |
| 20 | Rockland County, NY | July 18, 2022 12:00 | July 20, 2022 16:30 | 2d 4h | 14,551 | 25K |
| 21 | Ulster County, NY | July 12, 2022 14:45 | July 16, 2022 10:00 | 3d 19h | 13,590 | 279K |
| 22 | Fulton County, NY | April 19, 2022 00:30 | April 21, 2022 23:15 | 2d 22h | 13,567 | 326K |
| 23 | Rensselaer County, NY | July 17, 2022 19:30 | July 18, 2022 20:30 | 1d 1h | 12,866 | 71K |
| 24 | Essex County, NY | December 16, 2022 10:45 | December 19, 2022 06:00 | 2d 19h | 12,522 | 160K |
| 25 | Westchester County, NY | December 22, 2022 17:45 | December 27, 2022 11:00 | 4d 17h | 12,446 | 227K |
EAGLE-I tracked about 99% of New York's electricity customers in 2022; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.