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Power Outages in Erie County, OH

As of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Ohio Edison Co and Lorain-Medina R E C, Inc in Erie County, OH. There is no live feed for Hancock-Wood Electric Coop Inc and Village of Milan - (OH). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.8 hours.

Erie County, OH is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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No active outages are reported by Ohio Edison Co and Lorain-Medina R E C, Inc in Erie County.

No live feed for Hancock-Wood Electric Coop Inc and Village of Milan - (OH): outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Erie County

98%of this county's ~42,336 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Hancock-Wood Electric Coop Inc, Village of Milan - (OH). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Ohio Edison CoLive · county041,4610.0%-0-
Lorain-Medina R E C, IncLive · county050.0%---
Hancock-Wood Electric Coop IncNo live feedcan't see------
Village of Milan - (OH)No live feedcan't see------

Ohio Edison Co and Lorain-Medina R E C, Inc reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.

Municipalities in Erie County

Town-by-town counts as reported by Ohio Edison Co, most affected first. A town served by more than one utility appears once per utility; utilities without a town-level feed aren't included. Updated .

TownUtilityOutServed% outUtility ETRSmall outages
No outages reported in any town by Ohio Edison Co.
Show 15 towns with no outages
BAY VIEWOhio Edison Co03670.0%--
BERLIN HEIGHTSOhio Edison Co04230.0%--
BERLIN TOWNSHIPOhio Edison Co01,3610.0%--
CASTALIAOhio Edison Co05740.0%--
FLORENCE TOWNSHIPOhio Edison Co01,1200.0%--
GROTON TOWNSHIPOhio Edison Co05830.0%--
HURONOhio Edison Co06,0150.0%--
HURON TOWNSHIPOhio Edison Co02610.0%--
MARGARETTA TOWNSHIPOhio Edison Co02,0680.0%--
MILANOhio Edison Co01700.0%--
MILAN TOWNSHIPOhio Edison Co01,2220.0%--
OXFORD TOWNSHIPOhio Edison Co04890.0%--
PERKINS TOWNSHIPOhio Edison Co03,4110.0%--
SANDUSKYOhio Edison Co017,3730.0%--
VERMILION TOWNSHIPOhio Edison Co06,0240.0%--

Active outages in Erie County0

No individual outages are listed by utilities with an outage-level feed right now.

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Erie 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
992
Oxygen service
114
Dialysis (facility)
101
Home health / hospice
150
By ZIP code (7)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
44870428≤11316≤11
44089242≤11197≤11
44839115≤1181≤11
4482442≤1135≤11
4484632≤11240
4481431≤11210
43438≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Erie County, OH

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

No active NWS alerts for Erie County right now.

Recent NWS alert activity · Erie County

Erie County has been under 20 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

  • Beach Hazards Statement ×16
  • Freeze Warning ×2
  • Freeze Watch ×1
  • Special Weather Statement ×1

Latest Erie County, OH outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 2h 36m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 14, 2026

  3. GREW

    Outage grew to 767 customers out (1.5% of the county)

  4. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 306 customers out

  5. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 14, 2026

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 728 customers out (1.7% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 35m

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 656 customers out (1.3% of the county)

Outage trend · Erie County, OH
0customers out · peak 1
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 12:50 UTC
Erie County, OH: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 1 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 19, 2026 12:50 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.8112 PM6 PMOct 196 AM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Erie County went about 1.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 20,151 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 1.8 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Erie County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.8h, 2016 2.2h, 2017 2.6h, 2018 2.2h, 2019 2.9h, 2020 6.3h, 2021 1.9h, 2022 3.9h, 2023 4.9h, 2024 2.3h, 2025 1.8h. Highlighted: 2020.024681.8h20152.2h20162.6h20172.2h20182.9h20196.3h20201.9h20213.9h20224.9h20232.3h20241.8h2025
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Worst year here was 2020 (peak 20,151 customers out) · decade average 3.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20156825,2491.8
20166966,9812.2
20177029,2452.6
20187569,2532.2
201970012,1682.9
202065420,1516.3
202169112,7321.9
202272612,6913.9
20236386,1354.9
202462611,5052.3
20256545,3501.8

Cost of power in Erie County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Erie 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.

16.2¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 28% 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 10, 202020,1514d 4h
December 30, 201912,16813h 30m
August 6, 202411,5052d 15h
August 24, 20189,2535h 30m
July 31, 20179,2451h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
MODERATE

Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 3.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

TornadoRelatively Moderate
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 Erie County: FAQ

How often does Erie County, OH lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Erie County, OH logged 654 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Erie County, OH?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 20,151 customers without power, beginning June 10, 2020 and lasting about 4d 4h.
Is there a power outage in Erie County, OH right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Erie County, OH. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Erie County, OH?
Tracked electric providers include Lorain-Medina R E C, Inc, Ohio Edison Co.
Nearby counties
Huron CountyLorain CountyOttawa CountySandusky County
ZIP codes in Erie County

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

43438, 44089, 44814, 44824, 44839, 44846, 44870

Electric providers serving this county

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

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Ohio Edison Co4.1 hrsLive · county
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Hancock-Wood Electric Coop Inc1.0 hrsNo live feed-
Lorain-Medina R E C, Inc3.6 hrsLive · county-
Village of Milan - (OH)-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/39043 and /api/v1/counties/39043/history.