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Power Outages in Ross County, OH

Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc, Dayton Power & Light Co, Duke Energy Ohio 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 3.7 hours.

Ross County, OH is served by 5 tracked utilities.

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Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc, Dayton Power & Light Co, Duke Energy Ohio Inc, Ohio Power Co and South Central Power Company publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Ross County

0.0%of this county's ~37,702 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc, Dayton Power & Light Co, Duke Energy Ohio Inc, Ohio Power Co, South Central Power Company.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Dayton Power & Light CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Duke Energy Ohio 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 Ross 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
1,295
Oxygen service
524
Dialysis (facility)
100
Home health / hospice
248
By ZIP code (8)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
45601902≤11731≤11
45612890720
4564474≤1156≤11
4562872≤11590
45681200180
4311520017≤11
4310114≤11≤110
45673≤11≤11≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Ross County, OH

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

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

Ross County has been under 45 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×17
  • Flood Advisory ×10
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×6
  • Flood Watch ×6
  • Freeze Warning ×2
  • Flood Warning ×2

Latest Ross County, OH outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 49m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 618 customers out (1.2% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 6h 50m

  4. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 21, 2026

  5. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 21, 2026

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 519 customers out (1.0% of the county)

Outage trend · Ross County, OH
0customers out · peak 154
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Ross County, OH: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 154 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.050100150200Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Ross 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 Ross County went about 3.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 17,215 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 3.7 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Ross County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 2.5h, 2016 4.9h, 2017 3.6h, 2018 5.6h, 2019 5.1h, 2020 4.5h, 2021 4.7h, 2022 12.9h, 2023 11.7h, 2024 15.0h, 2025 3.7h. Highlighted: 2024.0510152.5h20154.9h20163.6h20175.6h20185.1h20194.5h20204.7h202112.9h202211.7h202315.0h20243.7h2025
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Worst year here was 2024 (peak 17,215 customers out) · decade average 6.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20154833,6192.5
201668114,3024.9
20177126,6293.6
20187606,9815.6
20197953,1725.1
20208698,2644.5
20218882,7494.7
20228327,10012.9
202389012,75911.7
202494617,21515.0
20258963,2063.7

Cost of power in Ross County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Ross 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.

17.3¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 37% 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 27, 202417,2155d 15h
June 23, 201614,3024d 2h
March 3, 202312,7593d 5h
June 23, 20168,8552h
September 11, 20208,26415m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 6.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively 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 Ross County: FAQ

How often does Ross County, OH lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Ross County, OH logged 896 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Ross County, OH?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 17,215 customers without power, beginning September 27, 2024 and lasting about 5d 15h.
Is there a power outage in Ross County, OH right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Ross County, OH. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Ross County, OH?
Tracked electric providers include Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc, Dayton Power & Light Co, Ohio Power Co, South Central Power Company.
Nearby counties
Fayette CountyHighland CountyHocking CountyJackson County
ZIP codes in Ross County

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

43101, 43115, 45601, 45612, 45617, 45628, 45644, 45673, 45681

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-
Dayton Power & Light Co2.8 hrsLive · total only-
Duke Energy Ohio Inc3.0 hrsLive · total only-
Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc16.6 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/39141 and /api/v1/counties/39141/history.