Power outage history
Franklin County New York
6.4hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
29th most of 62 in New York close to the national median
Every day since 2015
Eleven years, one night at a time
Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Franklin's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2018 was the worst well-recorded year, at 15 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Franklin, hours without power per customer
The record
The biggest outages since 2015
Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share | Lasted | 90% restored | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 8,669 | 37% | 2.8 d | 46 h | 206k |
| Nov 1, 2019 | Windstorm | 4,789 | 20% | 2.9 d | 2.3 d | 121k |
| Dec 11, 2021 | Windstorm | 4,402 | 19% | 2.1 d | 45 h | 108k |
| Apr 4, 2018 | Windstorm | 3,920 | 17% | 33 h | 24 h | 64k |
| Apr 19, 2022 | Winter storm | 2,830 | 12% | 37 h | 29 h | 41k |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Windstorm | 4,125 | 17% | 34 h | 22 h | 39k |
| Dec 17, 2022 | Winter storm | 3,040 | 13% | 21 h | 17 h | 29k |
| Jan 9, 2024 | Windstorm | 3,646 | 15% | 17 h | 15 h | 28k |
| Dec 10, 2021 | No storm report | 2,353 | 10% | 15 h | 17 h | 26k |
| Dec 23, 2022 | Windstorm | 2,002 | 8% | 29 h | 21 h | 25k |
| Jul 20, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 3,389 | 14% | 20 h | 15 h | 22k |
| Oct 22, 2016 | No storm report | 1,797 | 8% | 28 h | 4.5 h | 19k |
| Oct 30, 2017 | Windstorm | 3,404 | 14% | 13 h | 4.5 h | 19k |
| Feb 28, 2024 | Windstorm | 2,146 | 9% | 23 h | 21 h | 16k |
| Dec 11, 2023 | Winter storm | 2,411 | 10% | 17 h | 11 h | 14k |
| Feb 25, 2017 | No storm report | 1,162 | 5% | 9.2 h | – | 10k |
| Mar 5, 2025 | No storm report | 1,821 | 8% | 6.5 h | 6.5 h | 9.8k |
| Jun 28, 2016 | Flooding | 4,044 | 17% | 2.8 h | 3.5 h | 9.1k |
| Jun 24, 2022 | No storm report | 1,098 | 5% | 8.2 h | – | 8.8k |
| May 10, 2017 | No storm report | 849 | 4% | 9.5 h | – | 8.1k |
| Jul 8, 2017 | Flooding | 428 | 2% | 19 h | – | 7.0k |
| Jan 4, 2015 | No storm report | 864 | 4% | 12 h | – | 6.7k |
| Sep 4, 2017 | No storm report | 1,959 | 8% | 5.8 h | 1.5 h | 6.6k |
| May 6, 2017 | No storm report | 1,061 | 4% | 6.0 h | – | 6.0k |
| Jun 8, 2015 | No storm report | 898 | 4% | 6.5 h | – | 5.8k |
| May 27, 2024 | No storm report | 1,572 | 7% | 7.8 h | 1.2 h | 5.5k |
| Mar 18, 2022 | No storm report | 1,845 | 8% | 3.0 h | 3.0 h | 5.5k |
| Jul 23, 2021 | No storm report | 1,828 | 8% | 3.2 h | 8.2 h | 5.5k |
| Apr 3, 2025 | No storm report | 1,200 | 5% | 4.5 h | 1.0 h | 5.2k |
| Dec 12, 2024 | Winter storm | 1,884 | 8% | 6.5 h | 6.5 h | 5.1k |
After the peak
How fast the lights come back
Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.
When it happens
The outage clock
Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.
What was happening
Weather behind the outages
Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Franklin from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Windstorm 40%
- No storm on record 25%
- Thunderstorms 23%
- Winter storm 11%
- Heat 0.6%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Franklin
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole New York territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. | Investor Owned | 242 | 140 | 1.39 | 19.9 | 1.5M |
| New York State Elec & Gas Corp | Investor Owned | 302 | 146 | 1.85 | 22.6 | 794k |
| Village of Tupper Lake | NY | – | – | – | – | 52k |
EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.
Next door
Neighbouring counties
- Hamilton 99 h
- Essex 17 h
- Franklin (this county) 6.4 h
- St. Lawrence 4.7 h
- Clinton 4.3 h
About these numbers
Notes
Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 23,669 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →