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Power Outages in Perry County, OH

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 7.7 hours.

Perry County, OH is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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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 · Perry County

0.0%of this county's ~18,440 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

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

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
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 Perry 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
685
Oxygen service
197
Dialysis (facility)
110
Home health / hospice
192
By ZIP code (11)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
43764154≤11128≤11
43731123≤111070
43076111086≤11
4378372≤1161≤11
4373048≤1140≤11
43766360270
4374835≤1128≤11
43760320270
43739250190
4378218013≤11
43761≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Perry County, OH

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

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

Perry County has been under 23 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×7
  • Flash Flood Warning ×5
  • Flood Watch ×4
  • Flood Warning ×3
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×2
  • Freeze Warning ×1

Latest Perry 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 13m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 2, 2026

  3. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 1,026 customers out

  4. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 3, 2026

  5. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 2, 2026

  6. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 3, 2026

  7. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 2, 2026

  8. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 2, 2026

Outage trend · Perry County, OH
0customers out · peak 14
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Perry County, OH: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 14 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.051015Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Perry 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 Perry County went about 7.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,854 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 7.7 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Perry County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.2h, 2016 3.7h, 2017 12.4h, 2018 11.2h, 2019 9.2h, 2020 7.5h, 2021 5.2h, 2022 23.1h, 2023 9.3h, 2024 6.6h, 2025 7.7h. Highlighted: 2022.01020301.2h20153.7h201612.4h201711.2h20189.2h20197.5h20205.2h202123.1h20229.3h20236.6h20247.7h2025
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Worst year here was 2022 (peak 6,062 customers out) · decade average 8.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20152471,4471.2
20165113,0573.7
20175047,85412.4
20186986,72211.2
20197423,4329.2
20207145,5427.5
20217393,8425.2
20227066,06223.1
20236633,6359.3
20246883,6046.6
20257304,5077.7

Cost of power in Perry County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Perry 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.

17.8¢/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 7, 20177,85421d 13h
February 7, 20186,7221d 19h
February 3, 20226,0627d 14h
September 15, 20205,5421h 15m
September 11, 20205,53915m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 8.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormRelatively Moderate

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

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Power outages in Perry County: FAQ

How often does Perry County, OH lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Perry County, OH logged 730 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Perry County, OH?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,854 customers without power, beginning July 7, 2017 and lasting about 21d 13h.
Is there a power outage in Perry County, OH right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Perry County, OH. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Perry County, OH?
Tracked electric providers include Ohio Power Co, South Central Power Company.
Nearby counties
Athens CountyFairfield CountyHocking CountyLicking County
ZIP codes in Perry County

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

43076, 43730, 43731, 43739, 43748, 43760, 43761, 43764, 43766, 43782, 43783

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-
Guernsey-Muskingum El Coop Inc11.6 hrsLive · total only-
Licking Rural Electric Inc4.1 hrsLive · 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/39127 and /api/v1/counties/39127/history.