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Power Outages in Guernsey County, OH

Frontier Power Company, Guernsey-Muskingum El Coop Inc, Ohio Power Co and Washington Electric Coop - (OH) publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.4 hours.

Guernsey County, OH is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Frontier Power Company, Guernsey-Muskingum El Coop Inc, Ohio Power Co and Washington Electric Coop - (OH) publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Guernsey County

0.0%of this county's ~22,519 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: Frontier Power Company, Guernsey-Muskingum El Coop Inc, Ohio Power Co, Washington Electric Coop - (OH).

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Frontier Power CompanyLive · total onlynot by county------
Guernsey-Muskingum El Coop IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Ohio Power CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Washington Electric Coop - (OH)Live · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Guernsey 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
927
Oxygen service
312
Dialysis (facility)
77
Home health / hospice
172
By ZIP code (10)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
43725442≤11373≤11
43723119≤111070
4374951≤1141≤11
43773430390
4373240≤11350
4397332≤11260
4375530≤11270
4377823≤1120≤11
43768≤110≤110
43722≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Guernsey County, OH

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

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Recent NWS alert activity · Guernsey County

Guernsey County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on September 30, 2026.

  • Flash Flood Warning ×4
  • Flood Warning ×4
  • Flood Watch ×4
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×3
  • Special Weather Statement ×1

Latest Guernsey County, OH outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 4h 20m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 21, 2026

  3. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 21, 2026

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 499 customers out (1.8% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 3h 6m

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 311 customers out (1.1% of the county)

Outage trend · Guernsey County, OH
0customers out · peak 50
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Guernsey County, OH: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 50 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0204060Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Guernsey 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 Guernsey County went about 6.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,994 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 6.4 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Guernsey County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.5h, 2016 1.6h, 2017 1.9h, 2018 4.0h, 2019 6.5h, 2020 3.6h, 2021 5.0h, 2022 14.3h, 2023 4.3h, 2024 4.1h, 2025 6.4h. Highlighted: 2022.0510151.5h20151.6h20161.9h20174.0h20186.5h20193.6h20205.0h202114.3h20224.3h20234.1h20246.4h2025
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Worst year here was 2022 (peak 4,243 customers out) · decade average 4.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20153201,6451.5
20163588161.6
20174161,1551.9
20187132,6394.0
20196472,6836.5
20206775,9943.6
20216722,7395.0
20226604,24314.3
20236543,1644.3
20247952,1824.1
20257925,2406.4

Cost of power in Guernsey County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Guernsey 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.

18.7¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 37% 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
September 15, 20205,9941h 15m
September 10, 20205,9819h 15m
September 11, 20205,98115m
April 29, 20255,2402d 23h
November 8, 20204,9931h 15m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
MODERATE

Relatively Low ice storms exposure · 4.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneVery Low
TornadoRelatively Low
Ice stormRelatively Low
Strong windRelatively Low
WildfireVery Low

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

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Power outages in Guernsey County: FAQ

How often does Guernsey County, OH lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Guernsey County, OH logged 792 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Guernsey County, OH?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,994 customers without power, beginning September 15, 2020 and lasting about 1h 15m.
Is there a power outage in Guernsey County, OH right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Guernsey County, OH. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Guernsey County, OH?
Tracked electric providers include Guernsey-Muskingum El Coop Inc, Ohio Power Co.
Nearby counties
Belmont CountyCoshocton CountyHarrison CountyMuskingum County
ZIP codes in Guernsey County

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

43722, 43723, 43725, 43732, 43733, 43736, 43749, 43750, 43755, 43768, 43773, 43778, 43780

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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Guernsey-Muskingum El Coop Inc11.6 hrsLive · total only-
Frontier Power Company-Live · total only-
Washington Electric Coop - (OH)-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/39059 and /api/v1/counties/39059/history.