When will the power be back in Lancaster, NY?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Lancaster is a village of about 10,094 residents in Erie County.
NYSEG has reported outages for Lancaster by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-07-27) — so when Lancaster 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 Lancaster:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Lancaster: the closest other places we track are Depew, about 2 miles to the northwest; Buffalo, about 10 miles to the west; Lackawanna, about 10 miles to the southwest; and Kenmore, about 11 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Tonawanda (13 mi NW), North Tonawanda (14 mi NW), Lockport (19 mi N), Niagara Falls (22 mi NW), Batavia (26 mi E), Dunkirk (44 mi SW), Rochester (56 mi E) and Olean (58 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Watertown (157 mi); east toward Canandaigua (70 mi); southeast toward Corning (97 mi); south toward St. Marys, PA (100 mi); and southwest toward Jamestown (63 mi).
Who serves Lancaster?
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.
Lancaster's last tracked outage began Sep 4, peaked at 36 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 4 — 36 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 2 — 97 customers out, restored in 5 hours
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
When will my power be back on in Lancaster, 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 Lancaster's own record: across the 2 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Lancaster, NY?
To check your own street, search a Lancaster ZIP code — 14086 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Lancaster specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Lancaster we have the city-level view: NYSEG has published outages for Lancaster under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-07-27. When Lancaster is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Erie County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Lancaster.
