Power Outages in Hancock County, OH
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 34 customers are without power in Hancock County, OH across 2 reported incidents. Mid-Ohio Energy Coop, Inc, North Central Elec Coop, Inc - (OH) and Ohio Power Co publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Hancock-Wood Electric Coop Inc and Village of Arcadia - (OH), so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.2 hours.
Hancock County, OH is served by 5 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/ohio/hancock-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Hancock County, OH", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/ohio/hancock-county
Not counted: no live feed for Hancock-Wood Electric Coop Inc and Village of Arcadia - (OH).
0.0%of this county's ~39,287 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Hancock-Wood Electric Coop Inc, Village of Arcadia - (OH). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Mid-Ohio Energy Coop, Inc, North Central Elec Coop, Inc - (OH), Ohio Power Co.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-Ohio Energy Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| North Central Elec Coop, Inc - (OH) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ohio Power Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hancock-Wood Electric Coop Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Village of Arcadia - (OH) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Hancock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45840 | 564 | 18 | 422 | 15 |
| 45858 | 21 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 45814 | 21 | ≤11 | 14 | ≤11 |
| 45889 | 14 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 44804 | 13 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 45890 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 45881 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 45868 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 45867 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 45841 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 45816 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 44802 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤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 Hancock County or any town and utility in it.
- Frost AdvisoryMINOR
Hancock County has been under 4 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 19, 2026.
- Freeze Warning ×2
- Freeze Watch ×1
- Frost Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Hancock 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 Hancock Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Hancock County went about 3.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,781 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 3.2 hrs.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 7,781 customers out) · decade average 3.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 383 | 4,852 | 1.8 |
| 2016 | 588 | 2,223 | 1.4 |
| 2017 | 630 | 4,315 | 3.1 |
| 2018 | 719 | 2,076 | 1.1 |
| 2019 | 759 | 4,511 | 4.8 |
| 2020 | 711 | 7,440 | 3.5 |
| 2021 | 730 | 5,538 | 3.9 |
| 2022 | 749 | 7,781 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 696 | 3,723 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 721 | 2,778 | 1.9 |
| 2025 | 764 | 3,849 | 3.2 |
Cost of power in Hancock County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Hancock 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.
- Ohio Power Co19.0¢537,711 cust
- Hancock-Wood Electric Coop Inc17.3¢11,292 cust
- North Central Elec Coop, Inc - (OH)17.8¢8,431 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 Moderate ice storms exposure · 3.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Hancock County: FAQ
- How often does Hancock County, OH lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Hancock County, OH logged 764 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Hancock County, OH?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,781 customers without power, beginning June 14, 2022 and lasting about 3d 2h.
- Is there a power outage in Hancock County, OH right now?
- Yes, about 34 customers are currently without power across 2 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Hancock County, OH?
- Tracked electric providers include Ohio Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Hancock County.
44804, 45814, 45816, 45840, 45841, 45858, 45867, 45868, 45881, 45889, 45890, 45897
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Power Co | 3.7 hrs | Live · total only | |
| Hancock-Wood Electric Coop Inc | 1.0 hrs | No live feed | - |
| North Central Elec Coop, Inc - (OH) | 2.8 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Mid-Ohio Energy Coop, Inc | - | Live · total only | - |
| Village of Arcadia - (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/39063 and /api/v1/counties/39063/history. Live data as of .