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Power Outages in Knox County, OH

Consolidated Cooperative, Frontier Power Company, Holmes-Wayne Electric Coop Inc, Licking Rural Electric 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 2.9 hours.

Knox County, OH is served by 6 tracked utilities.

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

Live status by utility · Knox County

0.0%of this county's ~30,537 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

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

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Consolidated CooperativeLive · total onlynot by county------
Frontier Power CompanyLive · total onlynot by county------
Holmes-Wayne Electric Coop 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------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Knox 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
861
Oxygen service
191
Dialysis (facility)
69
Home health / hospice
134
By ZIP code (7)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
4305045013363≤11
4301999≤1175≤11
4302893≤1164≤11
4301173049≤11
4301446≤11410
43022260220
43037≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Knox County, OH

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

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

Knox County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×6
  • Flash Flood Warning ×2
  • Flood Advisory ×2
  • Special Weather Statement ×2
  • Freeze Warning ×1
  • Freeze Watch ×1

Latest Knox County, OH outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 36m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 988 customers out (2.4% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 35m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 645 customers out (1.6% of the county)

Outage trend · Knox County, OH
0customers out · peak 1
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Knox County, OH: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 1 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.81Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Knox 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 Knox County went about 2.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 22,269 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 2.9 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Knox County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 2.6h, 2016 1.5h, 2017 3.2h, 2018 4.2h, 2019 3.5h, 2020 6.5h, 2021 3.1h, 2022 28.7h, 2023 6.5h, 2024 2.4h, 2025 2.9h. Highlighted: 2022.01020302.6h20151.5h20163.2h20174.2h20183.5h20196.5h20203.1h202128.7h20226.5h20232.4h20242.9h2025
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Worst year here was 2022 (peak 21,067 customers out) · decade average 5.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20153363,2822.6
20163483,1691.5
20174642,5043.2
20187993,5934.2
20197744,3293.5
20208007,4726.5
20218413,5313.1
202283521,06728.7
202375922,2696.5
20248642,4922.4
20258112,4542.9

Cost of power in Knox County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Knox 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
▲ 36% 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
July 5, 202322,26912h 15m
June 14, 202221,0677d 10h
September 11, 20207,47215m
September 11, 20207,47215m
September 11, 20207,47215m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

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

Ice stormRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate

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 Knox County: FAQ

How often does Knox County, OH lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Knox County, OH logged 811 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Knox County, OH?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 22,269 customers without power, beginning July 5, 2023 and lasting about 12h 15m.
Is there a power outage in Knox County, OH right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Knox County, OH. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Knox County, OH?
Tracked electric providers include Consolidated Cooperative, Licking Rural Electric Inc, Ohio Edison Co, Ohio Power Co.
Nearby counties
Ashland CountyCoshocton CountyDelaware CountyHolmes County
ZIP codes in Knox County

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

43005, 43011, 43014, 43019, 43022, 43028, 43037, 43050

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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Licking Rural Electric Inc4.1 hrsLive · total only-
Consolidated Cooperative2.7 hrsLive · total only-
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/39083 and /api/v1/counties/39083/history.