Power outages in Washington County, NY

Live outage counts for Hudson Falls, Fort Edward and Whitehall and the rest of Washington County, updated every 10 minutes from National Grid and NYSEG and RG&E.

Right now

Outages reported

Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.

20customers without power

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

Share of customers unknown

At least one utility here doesn't publish how many customers it serves in this area, so we can't show a percentage.

Updated 7 min ago

We check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.

National Grid20

NYSEG and RG&Eno county count

This utility publishes outage totals for its whole service area, but doesn't break them down by county.

Serves part of this county but only publishes totals for its whole area.

Outage map

County outlineNational Grid and NYSEG and RG&E publish totals only, not outage locations.

Some utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

Outage history in Washington County

2014–2025 record

Washington County averaged 45 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most New York counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 53. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 22 hours, starting March 30, 2025.

The largest on record began May 18, 2017, with 13,786 customers out at once.

45significant outages a year (2023–2025)

At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.

2 hourstypical (median) length

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

2.8 dayslongest on record (December 2014)

13,786most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
May 18, 2017	13,786	1.9 days	252,110
November 20, 2022	10,770	10 hours	20,597
March 14, 2023	9,436	1.6 days	149,297
February 7, 2020	7,942	2.3 days	160,164
May 5, 2018	7,401	1.9 days	202,256

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.

If your power is out

Report it to your utility

National Grid: outage map and reporting
NYSEG and RG&E: outage map and reporting
Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.

Food safety

0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.