More than 8,000 lost power in Columbia County
May 5-AUSTERLITZ - More than 8,000 customers of New York State Electric and Gas lost power in Columbia County on Tuesday. Crews were working to restore service by 1 p.m. The outages occurred in the town of Austerlitz. "There is an issue with a transmission line and our teams are on site and still assessing the situation," a spokesman for the utility said. The utility reported that more than half of the customers had service restored by 1:20 p.m.
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This story was originally published May 5, 2026 at 5:03 PM.