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Power Outages in Ashland County, OH

Firelands Electric Coop, Inc, Holmes-Wayne Electric Coop Inc, Licking Rural Electric Inc, Lorain-Medina R E C, Inc, Ohio Edison Co and Ohio Power Co publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.5 hours.

Ashland County, OH is served by 6 tracked utilities.

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Firelands Electric Coop, Inc, Holmes-Wayne Electric Coop Inc, Licking Rural Electric Inc, Lorain-Medina R E C, Inc, Ohio Edison Co and Ohio Power Co publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Ashland County

0.0%of this county's ~26,541 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: Firelands Electric Coop, Inc, Holmes-Wayne Electric Coop Inc, Licking Rural Electric Inc, Lorain-Medina R E C, Inc, Ohio Edison Co, Ohio Power Co.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Firelands Electric Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Holmes-Wayne Electric Coop IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Licking Rural Electric IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Lorain-Medina R E C, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Ohio Edison CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Ohio Power CoLive · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Ashland Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.

Power-dependent
750
Oxygen service
246
Dialysis (facility)
80
Home health / hospice
140
By ZIP code (9)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
4480544313376≤11
4484279≤11630
44864450380
4488035≤11300
44859270190
4484026≤11210
4486621≤1117≤11
44874≤110≤110
44838≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Ashland County, OH

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Ashland County or any town and utility in it.

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS
  • Freeze WarningSEVERE
Recent NWS alert activity · Ashland County

Ashland County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×3
  • Special Weather Statement ×3
  • Freeze Warning ×2
  • Flood Advisory ×1
  • Freeze Watch ×1

Latest Ashland County, OH outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 51m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,830 customers out (5.4% of the county)

Outage trend · Ashland County, OH
0customers out · peak 24
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Ashland County, OH: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 24 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0102030Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Ashland County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Ashland County went about 3.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 15,238 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports Ohio utilities averaged 3.4 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 3.5 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Ashland County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.2h, 2016 0.9h, 2017 2.0h, 2018 2.6h, 2019 5.4h, 2020 5.8h, 2021 3.6h, 2022 19.9h, 2023 3.2h, 2024 2.4h, 2025 3.5h. Highlighted: 2022.051015201.2h20150.9h20162.0h20172.6h20185.4h20195.8h20203.6h202119.9h20223.2h20232.4h20243.5h2025
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Worst year here was 2022 (peak 15,238 customers out) · decade average 4.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20154353,4131.2
20164282,2220.9
20174393,9032.0
20187732,6102.6
20196554,5915.4
20206816,9225.8
20215778,0423.6
202263815,23819.9
20235252,7953.2
20245614,2212.4
20256044,2113.5

Cost of power in Ashland County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Ashland County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.

16.3¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 30% since 2015
vs Ohio avg 19.4¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
June 14, 202215,2389d 1h
May 20, 20218,0422h 30m
November 15, 20206,9223d 14h
March 26, 20215,5661d 15h
December 30, 20194,59114h 15m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 4.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Ashland County: FAQ

How often does Ashland County, OH lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Ashland County, OH logged 604 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Ashland County, OH?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 15,238 customers without power, beginning June 14, 2022 and lasting about 9d 1h.
Is there a power outage in Ashland County, OH right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Ashland County, OH. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Ashland County, OH?
Tracked electric providers include Firelands Electric Coop, Inc, Licking Rural Electric Inc, Lorain-Medina R E C, Inc, Ohio Edison Co.
Nearby counties
Holmes CountyHuron CountyKnox CountyLorain County
ZIP codes in Ashland County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Ashland County.

44805, 44838, 44840, 44842, 44859, 44864, 44866, 44874, 44880

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Ohio Power Co3.7 hrsLive · total only
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Ohio Edison Co4.1 hrsLive · total only
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Licking Rural Electric Inc4.1 hrsLive · total only-
Holmes-Wayne Electric Coop Inc5.4 hrsLive · total only-
Lorain-Medina R E C, Inc3.6 hrsLive · total only-
Firelands Electric Coop, Inc-Live · total only-

Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Ohio customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/39005 and /api/v1/counties/39005/history.