When will the power be back in Buffalo, NY?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Erie County, New York

No significant county-wide outage reported in Erie, NY right now.

Lights out where you are? Very small or brand-new outages can take a few minutes to reach county-level data — check your exact address on the live map, and see what to check before you report it.

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Elsewhere in New York: 981 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 8:16 AM EDT.

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⚡ No power in Buffalo, NY? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.

An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.

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What we track for Buffalo

Buffalo is a city of about 276,617 residents in Erie County.

National Grid has reported outages for Buffalo by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Buffalo 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 Buffalo:

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Buffalo: the closest other places we track are Kenmore, about 5 miles to the north; Lackawanna, about 5 miles to the south; Depew, about 8 miles to the east; and Tonawanda, about 8 miles to the north. Also nearby: Lancaster (10 mi E), North Tonawanda (11 mi N), Niagara Falls (16 mi NW), Lockport (21 mi NE), Batavia (35 mi E), Dunkirk (37 mi SW), Jamestown (58 mi S) and Olean (60 mi S).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Watertown (166 mi); east toward Rochester (66 mi); southeast toward Corning (105 mi); south toward St. Marys, PA (101 mi); and southwest toward Erie, PA (82 mi).

Who serves Buffalo?

We track live outage data from NYSEG and National Grid in Erie County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Village of Springville and Village of Akron also serve parts of Erie County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.

Outage history — Erie County, NY (covers Buffalo)

⚡ Power here was restored about 17 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.

County context: across all of Erie County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.5 hr. The full record for Erie County

Common questions

How do I check the power outage status in Buffalo, NY?

To check your own street, search a Buffalo ZIP code — 14201, 14202, 14203, 14204, 14205, 14206 or any of the other 38 — and the map opens on that area.

Nearby & related

Depew · Kenmore · Lackawanna · Lancaster · Tonawanda

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