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Power Outages in Franklin County, OH

As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 103 customers are without power in Franklin County, OH across 16 reported incidents. City of Columbus - (OH), City of Westerville - (OH), Consolidated Cooperative, Duke Energy Ohio Inc, Licking Rural Electric Inc, Ohio Edison Co, Ohio Power Co, South Central Power Company and Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Village of Obetz - (OH), so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.0 hours.

Franklin County, OH is served by 10 tracked utilities.

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Scattered outages

103 customers without power

0.0% of Franklin County · across 16 reported incidents.

Utility ETR: October 15, 2026 04:30 UTC (utility's estimate)

  • Ohio Power Co102 out
  • City of Columbus - (OH)1 out

Not counted: no live feed for Village of Obetz - (OH).

Live data as of

Live status by utility · Franklin County

0.0%of this county's ~600,887 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Village of Obetz - (OH). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: City of Columbus - (OH), City of Westerville - (OH), Consolidated Cooperative, Duke Energy Ohio Inc, Licking Rural Electric Inc, Ohio Edison Co, Ohio Power Co, South Central Power Company, Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
City of Columbus - (OH)Live · total onlynot by county------
City of Westerville - (OH)Live · total onlynot by county------
Consolidated CooperativeLive · total onlynot by county------
Duke Energy Ohio IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Licking Rural Electric IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Ohio Edison CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Ohio Power CoLive · total onlynot by county------
South Central Power CompanyLive · total onlynot by county------
Union Rural Electric Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Village of Obetz - (OH)No live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Franklin 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
10,526
Oxygen service
2,316
Dialysis (facility)
1,248
Home health / hospice
1,641
By ZIP code (41)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
431236881248412
43207576≤11435≤11
43081430≤11269≤11
43228420≤11308≤11
4306841615300≤11
43230382≤11232≤11
43232373≤11268≤11
43204356≤11259≤11
43026355≤11239≤11
43213332≤11242≤11
43223303≤11245≤11
43229290≤11198≤11
43224276≤11193≤11
43235264≤11165≤11
43219246≤11143≤11
43227235≤11160≤11
43211220≤11147≤11
43016213≤11145≤11
43209202≤11135≤11
43214201≤11124≤11
43017201≤11102≤11
43119189≤11134≤11
43206165≤11108≤11
43004162≤11104≤11
43221161≤1195≤11
43085158≤1182≤11
43231148≤11990
43125143≤11101≤11
43220132≤1173≤11
43054104066≤11
43215940620
4321287≤1154≤11
4320585≤1160≤11
4320377047≤11
4320176044≤11
4322265≤1153≤11
43202440310
43137410330
43217160130
43126≤110≤110
43109≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Franklin County, OH

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

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

Franklin County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

  • Flood Watch ×7
  • Freeze Warning ×2
  • Special Weather Statement ×2
  • Freeze Watch ×1

Latest Franklin County, OH outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 25m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,813 customers out (0.3% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 55m

  4. GREW

    Outage grew to 3,361 customers out (0.6% of the county)

  5. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 996 customers out (0.2% of the county)

  6. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 33m

  7. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 630 customers out

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,158 customers out (0.2% of the county)

Outage trend · Franklin County, OH
103customers out · peak 1,814
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Franklin County, OH: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 1,814 customers out; latest 103 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.05001k1.5k2kOct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Franklin County

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

Per-city live breakdown needs data

Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Franklin Countyisn't available yet.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Franklin County went about 5.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 165,305 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 5.0 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Franklin County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 5.3h, 2016 5.3h, 2017 6.9h, 2018 6.1h, 2019 5.9h, 2020 6.5h, 2021 4.7h, 2022 13.8h, 2023 5.8h, 2024 5.1h, 2025 5.0h. Highlighted: 2022.0510155.3h20155.3h20166.9h20176.1h20185.9h20196.5h20204.7h202113.8h20225.8h20235.1h20245.0h2025
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Worst year here was 2022 (peak 165,305 customers out) · decade average 6.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201552136,3285.3
201636222,3415.3
201725816,9696.9
201817819,3426.1
201928020,3065.9
2020414153,2006.5
202137439,7964.7
2022391165,30513.8
202340723,8395.8
202435617,2875.1
202535824,3305.0

Cost of power in Franklin County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Franklin 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.

18.9¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 38% 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 11, 2022165,30510d
September 15, 2020153,20020h 45m
September 9, 2020153,1231d 18h
July 21, 202139,7961d 17h
August 31, 201536,3288d 11h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High ice storms exposure · 6.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

TornadoRelatively High
Ice stormRelatively High
Strong windRelatively High
FloodingRelatively High
Heat waveRelatively High
EarthquakeRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Franklin County: FAQ

How often does Franklin County, OH lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Franklin County, OH logged 358 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Franklin County, OH?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 165,305 customers without power, beginning June 11, 2022 and lasting about 10d.
Is there a power outage in Franklin County, OH right now?
Yes, about 103 customers are currently without power across 16 reported incident(s).
Which utilities serve Franklin County, OH?
Tracked electric providers include City of Columbus - (OH), City of Westerville - (OH), Ohio Edison Co, Ohio Power Co, South Central Power Company, Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc.
Nearby counties
Delaware CountyFairfield CountyLicking CountyMadison County
Cities & towns in Franklin County

Columbus, Dublin, Grove City, Reynoldsburg. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Franklin County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Franklin County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Franklin County (showing 40 of 43).

43002, 43004, 43016, 43017, 43026, 43054, 43068, 43081, 43085, 43109, 43119, 43123, 43125, 43126, 43201, 43202, 43203, 43204, 43205, 43206, 43207, 43209, 43210, 43211, 43212, 43213, 43214, 43215, 43217, 43218, 43219, 43220, 43221, 43222, 43223, 43224, 43227, 43228, 43229, 43230

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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South Central Power Company5.0 hrsLive · total only-
Duke Energy Ohio Inc3.0 hrsLive · total only-
Licking Rural Electric Inc4.1 hrsLive · total only-
Consolidated Cooperative2.7 hrsLive · total only-
Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc3.1 hrsLive · total only-
City of Westerville - (OH)0.4 hrsLive · total only-
City of Columbus - (OH)2.3 hrsLive · total only-
Village of Obetz - (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/39049 and /api/v1/counties/39049/history. Live data as of .