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Power Outages in Holmes County, OH

Frontier Power Company, Holmes-Wayne Electric Coop Inc, Ohio Edison Co and Ohio Power Co publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.8 hours.

Holmes County, OH is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Frontier Power Company, Holmes-Wayne Electric Coop Inc, Ohio Edison Co and Ohio Power Co publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Holmes County

0.0%of this county's ~12,462 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: Frontier Power Company, Holmes-Wayne Electric Coop Inc, Ohio Edison Co, Ohio Power Co.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Frontier Power CompanyLive · total onlynot by county------
Holmes-Wayne Electric Coop IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Ohio Edison CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Ohio Power CoLive · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Holmes 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
275
Oxygen service
120
Dialysis (facility)
55
Home health / hospice
88
By ZIP code (11)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
44654112≤1187≤11
4463739≤1132≤11
44638200180
4461119≤11140
4462818≤11160
43804170140
4463316≤11120
44690≤11≤11≤110
44689≤11≤11≤110
44661≤110≤110
44610≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Holmes County, OH

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

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

Holmes County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×5
  • Freeze Warning ×2
  • Flood Advisory ×1
  • Freeze Watch ×1
  • Special Weather Statement ×1

Latest Holmes 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. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 531 customers out

  3. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,263 customers out (4.2% of the county)

  4. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 4m

  5. GREW

    Outage grew to 1,282 customers out (4.2% of the county)

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 502 customers out (1.7% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 31m

  8. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 897 customers out

Outage trend · Holmes County, OH
0customers out · peak 10
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Holmes County, OH: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 10 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.02.557.510Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Holmes 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 Holmes County went about 2.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 11,833 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 2.8 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Holmes County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 0.6h, 2016 0.9h, 2017 0.8h, 2018 4.2h, 2019 4.2h, 2020 4.3h, 2021 3.9h, 2022 35.8h, 2023 5.2h, 2024 2.2h, 2025 2.8h. Highlighted: 2022.0102030400.6h20150.9h20160.8h20174.2h20184.2h20194.3h20203.9h202135.8h20225.2h20232.2h20242.8h2025
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Worst year here was 2022 (peak 11,833 customers out) · decade average 5.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20151706170.6
20161751,0810.9
20172612,1630.8
20186292,1194.2
20195932,8324.2
20206273,5014.3
20215543,6623.9
202260411,83335.8
20235264,7555.2
20245561,3842.2
20255711,9222.8

Cost of power in Holmes County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Holmes 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.

18.0¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 39% 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 14, 202211,8338d 20h
March 25, 20234,7554d 5h
March 26, 20213,6621d 13h
September 11, 20203,50115m
September 11, 20203,50115m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High ice storms exposure · 5.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormRelatively High
TornadoRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate

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

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Power outages in Holmes County: FAQ

How often does Holmes County, OH lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Holmes County, OH logged 571 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Holmes County, OH?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 11,833 customers without power, beginning June 14, 2022 and lasting about 8d 20h.
Is there a power outage in Holmes County, OH right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Holmes County, OH. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Holmes County, OH?
Tracked electric providers include Holmes-Wayne Electric Coop Inc, Ohio Power Co.
Nearby counties
Ashland CountyCoshocton CountyKnox CountyStark County
ZIP codes in Holmes County

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

43804, 44610, 44611, 44624, 44627, 44628, 44633, 44637, 44638, 44654, 44660, 44661, 44687, 44689, 44690

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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Holmes-Wayne Electric Coop Inc5.4 hrsLive · total only-
Frontier Power Company-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/39075 and /api/v1/counties/39075/history.