ROCKLAND, NY — A power outage linked to an electrical substation in the town of Orangetown left thousands of residents and businesses without electricity across southern Rockland County, according to reports from the utility provider and residents in the affected communities.
The outage involved a facility operated by Orange and Rockland Utilities and impacted several neighborhoods as crews worked to restore service and assess the situation.
Utility outage maps showed disruptions across multiple communities in southern Rockland, with customers reporting loss of power throughout the area. Restoration crews were dispatched to the substation and surrounding infrastructure to investigate the problem and bring service back online.
Officials have not confirmed a definitive cause of the outage, though early indications suggested the incident may have involved equipment failure at the facility.
The disruption comes less than a week after another outage left roughly 7,000 customers without power overnight in parts of Rockland County, raising concerns among residents about reliability and service interruptions.
The latest outage also prompted a wave of reaction on social media, where many residents expressed frustration about repeated service disruptions and rising utility costs. Some customers have questioned billing practices and reliability issues in recent months, according to posts circulating online.
While many commenters directed criticism at the company’s management and billing practices, several residents also voiced support for line crews working to restore power, noting the challenging conditions utility workers often face during emergency repairs.
Orange and Rockland crews continued working to restore service and determine the cause of the outage. Additional information about the incident had not been released as of late Monday.