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Power Outages in Licking County, OH

Consolidated Cooperative, Duke Energy Ohio Inc, Frontier Power Company, Guernsey-Muskingum El Coop Inc, Licking Rural Electric Inc, Ohio Power Co and South Central Power Company publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.5 hours.

Licking County, OH is served by 7 tracked utilities.

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Consolidated Cooperative, Duke Energy Ohio Inc, Frontier Power Company, Guernsey-Muskingum El Coop Inc, Licking Rural Electric Inc, Ohio Power Co and South Central Power Company publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Licking County

0.0%of this county's ~85,730 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: Consolidated Cooperative, Duke Energy Ohio Inc, Frontier Power Company, Guernsey-Muskingum El Coop Inc, Licking Rural Electric Inc, Ohio Power Co, South Central Power Company.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Consolidated CooperativeLive · total onlynot by county------
Duke Energy Ohio IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Frontier Power CompanyLive · total onlynot by county------
Guernsey-Muskingum El Coop IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Licking Rural Electric IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Ohio Power CoLive · total onlynot by county------
South Central Power CompanyLive · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Licking 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
2,086
Oxygen service
671
Dialysis (facility)
180
Home health / hospice
292
By ZIP code (17)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
430558771971714
43062298≤11235≤11
43056259≤11208≤11
43031116079≤11
43025103≤1191≤11
4302389≤11630
43080590520
4300854≤11460
43071350300
43001220170
43740≤110≤11≤11
43721≤110≤110
43033≤110≤110
43030≤110≤110
43018≤110≤110
43013≤110≤110
43005≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Licking County, OH

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

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  • Freeze WarningSEVERE
Recent NWS alert activity · Licking County

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

  • Flood Watch ×6
  • Special Weather Statement ×4
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×2
  • Freeze Warning ×1
  • Freeze Watch ×1
Outage trend · Licking County, OH
0customers out · peak 39
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Licking County, OH: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 39 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.010203040Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Licking County

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

  • Newarkno outage reported

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Licking County went about 2.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 31,368 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 2.5 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Licking County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.2h, 2016 1.6h, 2017 3.8h, 2018 4.2h, 2019 3.6h, 2020 4.0h, 2021 3.0h, 2022 4.8h, 2023 3.5h, 2024 2.8h, 2025 2.5h. Highlighted: 2022.02461.2h20151.6h20163.8h20174.2h20183.6h20194.0h20203.0h20214.8h20223.5h20232.8h20242.5h2025
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Worst year here was 2022 (peak 14,247 customers out) · decade average 3.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20156564,9521.2
20166725,5271.6
201761917,4563.8
201879411,2214.2
20198858,7113.6
202088831,3684.0
202183610,0923.0
202290514,2474.8
202390813,5203.5
20249339,7132.8
20258746,5782.5

Cost of power in Licking County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Licking 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.

18.1¢/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
September 15, 202031,36811h
September 11, 202031,3041h 45m
September 11, 202031,30415m
September 11, 202031,30415m
July 7, 201717,4562d 9h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High ice storms exposure · 3.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

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Strong windRelatively High
FloodingRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Licking County: FAQ

How often does Licking County, OH lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Licking County, OH logged 874 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Licking County, OH?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 31,368 customers without power, beginning September 15, 2020 and lasting about 11h.
Is there a power outage in Licking County, OH right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Licking County, OH. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Licking County, OH?
Tracked electric providers include Consolidated Cooperative, Licking Rural Electric Inc, Ohio Power Co, South Central Power Company.
Nearby counties
Coshocton CountyDelaware CountyFairfield CountyFranklin County
Cities & towns in Licking County

Newark. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Licking County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Licking County

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

43001, 43008, 43013, 43018, 43023, 43025, 43027, 43030, 43031, 43033, 43055, 43056, 43062, 43071, 43080, 43721, 43740

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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South Central Power Company5.0 hrsLive · total only-
Duke Energy Ohio Inc3.0 hrsLive · total only-
Guernsey-Muskingum El Coop Inc11.6 hrsLive · total only-
Licking Rural Electric Inc4.1 hrsLive · total only-
Consolidated Cooperative2.7 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/39089 and /api/v1/counties/39089/history.