When will the power be back in Herkimer County, NY?

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

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Elsewhere in New York: 892 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 3:31 AM EDT.

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Who serves Herkimer County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include National Grid and NYSEG, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Otsego Electric Cooperative, Village of Ilion, Village of Frankfort and 1 other 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 — Herkimer County, NY

Last significant outage: Sep 30, 2026 — peaked at 371 customers, restored in ~5 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 12 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2.4 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 4, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Herkimer County, NY

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 452 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 1 major event of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~3.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~15,496 customers out in April 2022, restored after about 2.9 days. The busiest year on record here was 2020.

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.

Communities covered

Communities in Herkimer County include Ilion, Little Falls, Mohawk, Frankfort, Dolgeville, West Winfield, Newport and Poland. 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 Herkimer County, NY?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Herkimer include National Grid, Otsego Electric Cooperative, NYSEG 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.

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