2015 Ohio Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average Ohio customer went without power for about 2.5 hours, the 23rd worst of 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

2.5

vs prior year

no earlier year loaded

Customer-hours out

14.1M

Peak customers out

74,245

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

n/a

of OH customers

Counties reporting

Ohio year over year

Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2015

Customer-hours without power across Ohio; June was the worst.

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All 88 Ohio counties, 2015

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#	County	Hrs / customer	Customer-hours	Customers	Peak out	Events
1	Pike County	15.1	153K	10,100	1,870	317
2	Vinton County	8.5	65K	7,721	4,094	268
3	Ottawa County	6.9	147K	21,110	9,640	543
4	Brown County	6.8	138K	20,209	4,318	593
5	Jefferson County	6.4	289K	44,919	2,807	488
6	Gallia County	6.4	118K	18,457	2,721	249
7	Franklin County	5.3	1.9M	362,081	36,328	521
8	Highland County	4.8	135K	27,822	5,805	353
9	Jackson County	4.7	101K	21,501	1,792	353
10	Clermont County	4.6	419K	91,802	17,977	764
11	Hocking County	4.5	80K	17,905	4,572	317
12	Scioto County	4.4	224K	50,476	4,105	633
13	Lake County	4.4	355K	80,577	41,778	686
14	Morgan County	4.1	34K	8,383	1,632	280
15	Meigs County	4.1	55K	13,485	3,054	356
16	Paulding County	4.1	29K	7,079	1,399	146
17	Athens County	3.8	170K	44,829	4,076	551
18	Harrison County	3.8	35K	9,190	886	239
19	Defiance County	3.7	49K	13,228	6,724	375
20	Summit County	3.7	469K	127,123	17,184	866
21	Washington County	3.4	146K	42,825	4,136	402
22	Ashtabula County	3.4	247K	72,318	6,835	735
23	Clinton County	3.4	76K	22,649	3,905	461
24	Adams County	3.3	55K	16,880	4,061	240
25	Carroll County	3.2	60K	19,182	1,947	252
26	Tuscarawas County	3.0	163K	54,074	5,854	479
27	Lawrence County	3.0	111K	37,176	2,269	467
28	Allen County	2.8	90K	32,124	2,728	567
29	Columbiana County	2.7	172K	63,181	11,520	734
30	Hamilton County	2.7	1.2M	437,530	23,170	509
31	Trumbull County	2.7	202K	76,066	11,529	932
32	Preble County	2.6	52K	20,004	2,556	447
33	Knox County	2.6	106K	41,371	3,282	336
34	Ross County	2.5	134K	52,738	3,619	483
35	Cuyahoga County	2.4	1.5M	602,248	25,029	244
36	Butler County	2.4	306K	127,599	8,314	814
37	Geauga County	2.4	156K	65,221	5,352	594
38	Logan County	2.4	46K	19,532	3,048	371
39	Fulton County	2.3	23K	10,239	1,011	386
40	Lorain County	2.3	241K	106,179	38,119	938
41	Shelby County	2.2	28K	12,431	2,224	298
42	Delaware County	2.2	141K	64,488	4,472	551
43	Henry County	2.2	27K	12,422	1,500	200
44	Mahoning County	2.2	330K	150,783	12,514	915
45	Muskingum County	2.2	136K	62,329	2,572	570
46	Belmont County	2.0	89K	44,590	3,285	448
47	Warren County	2.0	230K	115,421	17,341	751
48	Coshocton County	1.9	40K	20,361	1,429	266
49	Stark County	1.9	489K	251,263	9,695	965
50	Fayette County	1.9	28K	14,964	2,151	337
51	Hancock County	1.8	71K	38,464	4,852	383
52	Erie County	1.8	90K	50,780	5,249	682
53	Seneca County	1.7	61K	35,754	4,419	284
54	Huron County	1.7	63K	37,091	7,117	474
55	Portage County	1.6	152K	92,468	7,639	810
56	Van Wert County	1.6	14K	8,328	1,456	190
57	Lucas County	1.6	339K	215,018	7,173	1,057
58	Guernsey County	1.5	42K	27,110	1,645	320
59	Fairfield County	1.5	132K	86,733	4,888	444
60	Putnam County	1.5	14K	8,912	1,265	156
61	Wood County	1.5	108K	71,069	5,555	581
62	Richland County	1.5	124K	84,801	2,871	834
63	Medina County	1.5	73K	50,150	3,113	650
64	Miami County	1.5	63K	43,362	3,294	516
65	Montgomery County	1.4	412K	295,834	14,010	803
66	Greene County	1.4	127K	92,645	5,511	727
67	Marion County	1.2	51K	40,643	4,611	530
68	Darke County	1.2	20K	16,124	2,008	449
69	Perry County	1.2	27K	22,023	1,447	247
70	Licking County	1.2	141K	117,187	4,952	656
71	Sandusky County	1.2	42K	35,768	1,694	418
72	Ashland County	1.2	39K	33,664	3,413	435
73	Noble County	1.1	11K	10,204	473	98
74	Clark County	1.0	87K	83,871	4,810	884
75	Hardin County	1.0	19K	18,254	1,266	211
76	Mercer County	1.0	19K	18,878	3,017	209
77	Madison County	1.0	26K	26,880	1,336	455
78	Monroe County	0.8	7,261	8,974	687	37
79	Crawford County	0.8	22K	28,875	1,359	237
80	Morrow County	0.8	19K	24,221	557	264
81	Wayne County	0.7	57K	81,074	3,278	527
82	Holmes County	0.6	20K	30,291	617	170
83	Champaign County	0.6	9,208	14,989	1,491	293
84	Wyandot County	0.6	8,263	14,215	648	111
85	Williams County	0.5	8,724	16,123	1,075	217
86	Union County	0.5	14K	30,359	2,169	344
87	Pickaway County	0.3	12K	35,905	849	150
88	Auglaize County	0.3	5,723	19,905	806	180

Biggest Ohio outages of 2015

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

CSV JSON

#	County	Started (UTC)	Ended (UTC)	Duration	Peak out	Customer-hours
1	Lake County, OH	June 29, 2015 13:15	July 1, 2015 03:15	1d 14h	41,778	54K
2	Lorain County, OH	October 26, 2015 16:00	October 27, 2015 11:45	19h 45m	38,119	38K
3	Franklin County, OH	August 31, 2015 16:45	September 9, 2015 04:30	8d 11h	36,328	160K
4	Cuyahoga County, OH	May 8, 2015 05:15	May 17, 2015 05:00	8d 23h	25,029	83K
5	Franklin County, OH	May 1, 2015 13:30	May 2, 2015 07:15	17h 45m	23,424	92K
6	Hamilton County, OH	July 14, 2015 12:00	July 19, 2015 01:45	4d 13h	23,170	213K
7	Cuyahoga County, OH	May 21, 2015 10:45	May 22, 2015 04:30	17h 45m	21,273	44K
8	Franklin County, OH	May 26, 2015 02:45	May 28, 2015 09:15	2d 6h	19,094	53K
9	Cuyahoga County, OH	March 10, 2015 10:45	March 15, 2015 10:30	4d 23h	18,501	83K
10	Clermont County, OH	July 14, 2015 12:00	July 17, 2015 04:30	2d 16h	17,977	118K
11	Warren County, OH	August 30, 2015 20:00	August 31, 2015 07:15	11h 15m	17,341	12K
12	Summit County, OH	May 30, 2015 15:30	May 31, 2015 08:30	17h	17,184	28K
13	Franklin County, OH	May 11, 2015 09:45	May 14, 2015 10:00	3d	16,732	130K
14	Cuyahoga County, OH	April 23, 2015 10:45	April 26, 2015 19:00	3d 8h	16,472	24K
15	Cuyahoga County, OH	May 25, 2015 10:15	June 7, 2015 01:30	12d 15h	15,471	130K
16	Clermont County, OH	June 9, 2015 03:00	June 10, 2015 09:45	1d 6h	14,619	19K
17	Montgomery County, OH	July 19, 2015 15:15	July 20, 2015 18:00	1d 2h	14,010	23K
18	Hamilton County, OH	May 24, 2015 19:00	May 25, 2015 02:45	7h 45m	13,879	5,620
19	Cuyahoga County, OH	August 29, 2015 06:00	September 9, 2015 10:15	11d 4h	13,626	54K
20	Cuyahoga County, OH	October 8, 2015 12:30	October 21, 2015 08:30	12d 20h	13,115	62K
21	Hamilton County, OH	September 4, 2015 11:15	September 7, 2015 16:30	3d 5h	13,013	127K
22	Cuyahoga County, OH	December 26, 2015 11:30	December 30, 2015 11:15	3d 23h	12,995	66K
23	Summit County, OH	September 3, 2015 14:30	September 5, 2015 11:30	1d 21h	12,689	33K
24	Mahoning County, OH	February 4, 2015 21:30	February 5, 2015 07:15	9h 45m	12,514	17K
25	Hamilton County, OH	November 2, 2015 12:45	November 4, 2015 10:45	1d 22h	12,490	6,753

EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Ohio's electricity customers in 2015; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.

Ohio by year:2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

Other states in 2015:WV WA MI NC RI LA OK NJ

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.