When will the power be back in Olean, NY?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Olean is a city of about 13,614 residents in Cattaraugus County.
National Grid has reported outages for Olean by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Olean is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Olean:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Olean: the closest other places we track are Jamestown, about 41 miles to the west; St. Marys, PA, about 43 miles to the south; Dunkirk, about 54 miles to the northwest; and Lackawanna, about 55 miles to the north. Also nearby: Lancaster (58 mi N), Depew (59 mi N), Buffalo (60 mi N), Batavia (65 mi N), Kenmore (65 mi N), Tonawanda (68 mi N), North Tonawanda (70 mi N) and Corning (71 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Lockport (76 mi); northeast toward Canandaigua (81 mi); east toward Elmira (83 mi); southeast toward Williamsport, PA (93 mi); south toward State College, PA (94 mi); southwest toward Butler, PA (113 mi); west toward Erie, PA (84 mi); and northwest toward Niagara Falls (76 mi).
Who serves Olean?
We track live outage data from National Grid and NYSEG in Cattaraugus County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Steuben Rural Electric Cooperative, Village of Arcade, City of Salamanca and 1 other also serve parts of Cattaraugus County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Olean's last tracked outage began Sep 9, peaked at 25 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 11 hours.
- Sep 9 — 25 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 2 — 52 customers out, restored in 20 hours
County context: across all of Cattaraugus County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.5 hr. The full record for Cattaraugus County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Olean, NY?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Olean's own record: across the 2 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 11 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Olean, NY?
To check your own street, search an Olean ZIP code — 14760 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Olean specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Olean we have the city-level view: National Grid has published outages for Olean under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Olean is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Cattaraugus County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Olean.
