When will the power be back in Rochester, NY?

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

customers reported out in Monroe, NY

1 reported outage · county-wide data

Official restoration time (RG&E): Oct 3, 11:00 PM EDT — this time has passed

A small number of customers are reported out county-wide — too few for a live restoration estimate. past outages here typically ran ~4 hr, based on 32 past outages of any size in the same kind of weather.

Showing county-wide data because we don't have Rochester-specific numbers right now — your neighborhood may be restored earlier or later.

Updated 11:46 PM EDT.

03 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 8 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number

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⚡ No power in Rochester, 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.

Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been

What we track for Rochester

Rochester is a city of about 207,282 residents in Monroe County.

RG&E has reported outages for Rochester by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-07-27) — so when Rochester 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 Rochester:

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

Around Rochester: the closest other places we track are Canandaigua, about 26 miles to the southeast; Batavia, about 31 miles to the west; Geneva, about 38 miles to the southeast; and Lockport, about 54 miles to the west. Also nearby: Auburn (55 mi E), Lancaster (56 mi W), Depew (58 mi W), Oswego (59 mi E), Fulton (61 mi E), North Tonawanda (64 mi W), Tonawanda (65 mi W) and Kenmore (65 mi W).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Watertown (102 mi); east toward Syracuse (75 mi); southeast toward Ithaca (75 mi); south toward Corning (76 mi); southwest toward Olean (86 mi); and west toward Buffalo (66 mi).

Who serves Rochester?

We track live outage data from RG&E and National Grid in Monroe County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Village of Fairport, Village of Spencerport and Village of Churchville also serve parts of Monroe County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.

Recent outages tracked in Rochester

Rochester's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 119 customers out, and was restored in 4 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.

Oct 2 — 119 customers out, restored in 4 hours
Oct 1 — 275 customers out, restored in 3 hours
Sep 27 — 47 customers out, restored in 3 hours
Sep 22 — 123 customers out, restored in an hour

Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; dates are local calendar days). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.

County context: across all of Monroe County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 4.5 hr. The full record for Monroe County

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Rochester, 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 Rochester's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.

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

To check your own street, search a Rochester ZIP code — 14602, 14603, 14604, 14605, 14606, 14607 or any of the other 34 — and the map opens on that area.

Does this page show Rochester specifically, or the whole county?

Both, and for Rochester we have the city-level view: RG&E has published outages for Rochester under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-07-27. When Rochester is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Monroe County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Rochester.

Nearby & related

Monroe County overview

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