Power Outages in Butler County, OH
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Butler County, OH across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Duke Energy, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.8 hours.
Butler County, OH is served by 5 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/ohio/butler-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Butler County, OH", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/ohio/butler-county
Not counted: no live feed for Duke Energy.
100%of this county's ~170,995 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Duke Energy. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy Ohio Inc | Live · county | 0 | 135,199 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| City of Hamilton - (OH) | Live · county | 0 | 29,872 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Butler Rural Electric Coop Inc - (OH) | Live · county | 1 | 9,637 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Dayton Power & Light Co | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Duke Energy | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Duke Energy Ohio Inc, City of Hamilton - (OH), Butler Rural Electric Coop Inc - (OH) and Dayton Power & Light Co reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Butler 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.
By ZIP code (12)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45013 | 672 | 18 | 505 | ≤11 |
| 45011 | 619 | ≤11 | 444 | 12 |
| 45044 | 568 | 14 | 424 | ≤11 |
| 45014 | 449 | 15 | 305 | 13 |
| 45042 | 363 | 15 | 280 | ≤11 |
| 45069 | 343 | 19 | 233 | ≤11 |
| 45015 | 156 | ≤11 | 133 | ≤11 |
| 45067 | 151 | ≤11 | 120 | ≤11 |
| 45056 | 129 | ≤11 | 92 | ≤11 |
| 45050 | 102 | ≤11 | 76 | ≤11 |
| 45064 | 55 | ≤11 | 44 | ≤11 |
| 45053 | 31 | 0 | 19 | ≤11 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Butler County or any town and utility in it.
- Frost AdvisoryMINOR
Butler County has been under 33 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 19, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×11
- Flood Watch ×6
- Dense Fog Advisory ×3
- Flood Advisory ×3
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×3
- Tornado Warning ×3
Latest Butler County, OH outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 41m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,020 customers out (0.6% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 13m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 3,985 customers out (2.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 5h 38m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 403 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 769 customers out (0.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 39m
Hardest-hit cities in Butler County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Butler Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Butler County went about 2.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 50,956 customers.
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 2.8 hrs.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 50,956 customers out) · decade average 3.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 814 | 8,314 | 2.4 |
| 2016 | 752 | 16,244 | 4.3 |
| 2017 | 733 | 26,785 | 3.1 |
| 2018 | 791 | 16,015 | 3.8 |
| 2019 | 842 | 5,931 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | 844 | 10,178 | 2.0 |
| 2021 | 948 | 6,628 | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 905 | 50,956 | 9.8 |
| 2023 | 902 | 7,024 | 2.4 |
| 2024 | 928 | 10,136 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 878 | 7,908 | 2.8 |
Cost of power in Butler County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Butler 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.
- Duke Energy Ohio Inc16.8¢277,897 cust
- Dayton Power & Light Co16.1¢142,651 cust
- City of Hamilton - (OH)15.5¢27,209 cust
- Butler Rural Electric Coop Inc - (OH)18.4¢11,531 cust
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.
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 3.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Butler County: FAQ
- How often does Butler County, OH lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Butler County, OH logged 878 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Butler County, OH?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 50,956 customers without power, beginning June 13, 2022 and lasting about 3d 19h.
- Is there a power outage in Butler County, OH right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Butler County, OH?
- Tracked electric providers include Butler Rural Electric Coop Inc - (OH), City of Hamilton - (OH), Duke Energy, Duke Energy Ohio Inc.
Hamilton, Middletown, Fairfield. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Butler County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Butler County.
45011, 45013, 45014, 45015, 45042, 45044, 45050, 45053, 45055, 45056, 45062, 45064, 45067, 45069
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dayton Power & Light Co | 2.8 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Duke Energy Ohio Inc | 3.0 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Butler Rural Electric Coop Inc - (OH) | 2.9 hrs | Live · county | - |
| City of Hamilton - (OH) | 2.0 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Duke Energy | - | No live feed | - |
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/39017 and /api/v1/counties/39017/history. Live data as of .