See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · New York
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Who serves Erie County?
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include NYSEG and National Grid, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Village of Springville and Village of Akron also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — Erie County, NY
⚡ Power here was restored about 8 hours ago — the outage peaked at 292 customers.
Last significant outage: Oct 2, 2026 — peaked at 292 customers, restored in ~16.7 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 38 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 5.2 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 13, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Erie County, NY
Federal outage records (
EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
2,253 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including
47 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~
3.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~147,874 customers out in July 2018, restored after about 4.3 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2019.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level
records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Cities we track in Erie County
Communities in Erie County include Buffalo, Lackawanna, Tonawanda, Kenmore, Depew, Lancaster, Hamburg and East Aurora. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in Erie County, NY?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Erie include NYSEG, National Grid, Village of Springville and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
