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Power Outages in Scioto County, OH

Adams Rural Electric Coop, Inc, Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc, 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 3.5 hours.

Scioto County, OH is served by 5 tracked utilities.

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

Live status by utility · Scioto County

0.0%of this county's ~37,973 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

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

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Adams Rural Electric Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, IncLive · 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 Scioto 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
1,760
Oxygen service
732
Dialysis (facility)
111
Home health / hospice
296
By ZIP code (11)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
45662677≤11567≤11
45694255≤112200
45648225≤11192≤11
45663156≤111310
4565381≤11610
45652630550
45657610480
4562961≤11520
4568251≤11400
45630140≤11≤11
45671≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Scioto County, OH

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

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  • Freeze WarningSEVERE
Recent NWS alert activity · Scioto County

Scioto County has been under 38 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×14
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×12
  • Flood Watch ×6
  • Flood Warning ×3
  • Freeze Warning ×2
  • Freeze Watch ×1

Latest Scioto County, OH outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 35m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 646 customers out (1.3% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 4h 49m

  4. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 17, 2026

  5. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 17, 2026

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,578 customers out (3.1% of the county)

Outage trend · Scioto County, OH
0customers out · peak 7
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Scioto County, OH: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 7 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.02468Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Scioto 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 Scioto County went about 3.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 14,624 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 3.5 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Scioto County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 4.4h, 2016 4.0h, 2017 4.0h, 2018 5.6h, 2019 5.8h, 2020 4.7h, 2021 3.2h, 2022 7.7h, 2023 8.1h, 2024 14.8h, 2025 3.5h. Highlighted: 2024.0510154.4h20154.0h20164.0h20175.6h20185.8h20194.7h20203.2h20217.7h20228.1h202314.8h20243.5h2025
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Worst year here was 2024 (peak 14,624 customers out) · decade average 6.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20156334,1054.4
20166346,5864.0
20177112,3994.0
20187535,3045.6
20198118,8245.8
202084513,4054.7
20217884,0923.2
20227907,6447.7
20238478,1428.1
202485014,62414.8
20257523,3703.5

Cost of power in Scioto County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Scioto 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.

18.4¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 41% 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, 202414,6246d 9h
September 15, 202013,4057h 45m
September 10, 202013,3676h 15m
September 11, 202013,36715m
June 16, 20198,8245d 8h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 6.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively 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 Scioto County: FAQ

How often does Scioto County, OH lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Scioto County, OH logged 752 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Scioto County, OH?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 14,624 customers without power, beginning September 27, 2024 and lasting about 6d 9h.
Is there a power outage in Scioto County, OH right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Scioto County, OH. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Scioto County, OH?
Tracked electric providers include Adams Rural Electric Coop, Inc, Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc, Ohio Power Co.
Nearby counties
Adams CountyGreenup CountyJackson CountyLawrence County
ZIP codes in Scioto County

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

45629, 45630, 45636, 45648, 45652, 45653, 45657, 45662, 45663, 45671, 45677, 45682, 45694, 45699

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-
Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc16.6 hrsLive · total only-
Adams Rural Electric Coop, Inc-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/39145 and /api/v1/counties/39145/history.