When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Ithaca, NY?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Tompkins County, New York
No significant county-wide outage reported in Tompkins, NY right now.
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Elsewhere in New York: 120 customers reported out — statewide status.
Updated 12:16 AM EDT.
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⚡ No power in Ithaca, 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 Ithaca

Ithaca is a city of about 33,768 residents in Tompkins County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Ithaca by name, so this page reports the Tompkins County county-wide view, which covers Ithaca. If a serving utility does name Ithaca during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Ithaca:

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

Around Ithaca: the closest other places we track are Cortland, about 20 miles to the northeast; Elmira, about 29 miles to the southwest; Endicott, about 33 miles to the southeast; and Auburn, about 34 miles to the north. Also nearby: Corning (35 mi SW), Johnson City (35 mi SE), Geneva (38 mi NW), Binghamton (39 mi SE), Syracuse (45 mi NE), Canandaigua (50 mi NW), Fulton (60 mi N) and Oneida (61 mi NE).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Oswego (70 mi); northeast toward Rome (74 mi); east toward Oneonta (73 mi); southeast toward Scranton, PA (84 mi); south toward Kingston, PA (87 mi); southwest toward St. Marys, PA (125 mi); west toward Olean (102 mi); and northwest toward Rochester (75 mi).

Who serves Ithaca?

We track live outage data from NYSEG in Tompkins County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Village of Groton also serves parts of Tompkins County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.

Outage history — Tompkins County, NY (covers Ithaca)
Last significant outage: Sep 23, 2026 — peaked at 2,920 customers, restored in ~2.7 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 10 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 18, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

County context: across all of Tompkins County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.3 hr. The full record for Tompkins County

Common questions

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

To check your own street, search an Ithaca ZIP code — 14850, 14851, 14852 or 14853 — and the map opens on that area.

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