2016 Ohio Power Outage Report

In 2016, the average Ohio customer went without power for about 2.9 hours, the 20th worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

2.9

vs prior year

▲ 17%

vs 2015

Customer-hours out

16.5M

Peak customers out

135,935

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, 2016

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

CSV JSON

All 88 Ohio counties, 2016

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

CSV JSON

#	County	Hrs / customer	Customer-hours	Customers	Peak out	Events
1	Hocking County	12.4	223K	17,905	3,327	496
2	Vinton County	11.9	92K	7,721	2,776	309
3	Meigs County	10.1	137K	13,485	3,220	390
4	Morgan County	10.1	85K	8,383	5,356	289
5	Harrison County	7.3	67K	9,190	1,005	348
6	Brown County	7.3	147K	20,209	4,671	606
7	Pike County	6.8	69K	10,100	2,315	399
8	Delaware County	5.4	351K	64,488	4,956	581
9	Clermont County	5.4	500K	91,802	13,556	737
10	Van Wert County	5.4	45K	8,328	2,707	159
11	Franklin County	5.3	1.9M	362,081	22,341	362
12	Lake County	5.1	411K	80,577	46,242	660
13	Ross County	4.9	259K	52,738	14,302	681
14	Athens County	4.4	197K	44,829	8,552	585
15	Butler County	4.3	547K	127,599	16,244	752
16	Gallia County	4.3	79K	18,457	2,092	339
17	Preble County	4.2	84K	20,004	2,468	402
18	Jackson County	4.2	90K	21,501	1,729	387
19	Adams County	4.1	70K	16,880	2,040	449
20	Scioto County	4.0	203K	50,476	6,586	634
21	Warren County	4.0	459K	115,421	16,808	732
22	Fairfield County	3.9	338K	86,733	18,028	828
23	Summit County	3.8	486K	127,123	16,730	825
24	Perry County	3.7	81K	22,023	3,057	511
25	Hamilton County	3.6	1.6M	437,530	24,996	547
26	Cuyahoga County	3.6	2.2M	602,248	58,546	202
27	Ashtabula County	3.4	244K	72,318	6,399	757
28	Geauga County	3.4	219K	65,221	8,120	622
29	Clinton County	3.3	75K	22,649	3,947	440
30	Tuscarawas County	3.2	174K	54,074	2,971	538
31	Lawrence County	3.1	115K	37,176	2,572	536
32	Washington County	3.1	131K	42,825	5,976	384
33	Fayette County	3.1	46K	14,964	4,130	325
34	Monroe County	3.0	27K	8,974	2,317	346
35	Ottawa County	2.9	62K	21,110	5,210	513
36	Columbiana County	2.9	185K	63,181	6,591	740
37	Trumbull County	2.9	221K	76,066	6,790	856
38	Belmont County	2.8	124K	44,590	5,118	617
39	Logan County	2.8	54K	19,532	8,288	408
40	Highland County	2.8	77K	27,822	4,771	554
41	Carroll County	2.7	53K	19,182	1,747	263
42	Jefferson County	2.7	122K	44,919	1,927	497
43	Allen County	2.6	82K	32,124	3,219	584
44	Hardin County	2.2	41K	18,254	995	212
45	Erie County	2.2	113K	50,780	6,981	696
46	Lorain County	2.2	235K	106,179	12,054	858
47	Shelby County	2.2	28K	12,431	7,446	310
48	Defiance County	2.2	29K	13,228	1,482	298
49	Champaign County	2.2	33K	14,989	1,584	279
50	Darke County	2.1	34K	16,124	1,237	401
51	Muskingum County	2.1	132K	62,329	3,224	597
52	Portage County	2.1	192K	92,468	7,708	791
53	Coshocton County	2.1	42K	20,361	4,185	293
54	Medina County	2.0	101K	50,150	3,771	666
55	Madison County	1.8	49K	26,880	2,171	447
56	Noble County	1.8	18K	10,204	2,098	111
57	Stark County	1.7	439K	251,263	13,596	877
58	Pickaway County	1.7	62K	35,905	8,105	545
59	Fulton County	1.7	18K	10,239	2,238	354
60	Miami County	1.7	74K	43,362	6,714	500
61	Guernsey County	1.6	44K	27,110	816	358
62	Sandusky County	1.6	58K	35,768	6,138	409
63	Montgomery County	1.6	482K	295,834	12,769	836
64	Licking County	1.6	189K	117,187	5,527	672
65	Greene County	1.5	142K	92,645	11,349	714
66	Lucas County	1.5	326K	215,018	6,625	1,027
67	Wyandot County	1.5	21K	14,215	1,384	156
68	Knox County	1.5	61K	41,371	3,169	348
69	Clark County	1.5	124K	83,871	12,614	898
70	Hancock County	1.4	55K	38,464	2,223	588
71	Mahoning County	1.4	207K	150,783	10,575	899
72	Morrow County	1.3	31K	24,221	4,496	276
73	Richland County	1.3	107K	84,801	3,054	770
74	Putnam County	1.1	10K	8,912	1,018	193
75	Crawford County	1.0	28K	28,875	2,710	314
76	Wayne County	1.0	77K	81,074	2,960	532
77	Holmes County	0.9	29K	30,291	1,081	175
78	Ashland County	0.9	30K	33,664	2,222	428
79	Marion County	0.9	35K	40,643	2,235	477
80	Huron County	0.8	29K	37,091	3,967	496
81	Wood County	0.7	53K	71,069	4,675	655
82	Union County	0.7	21K	30,359	1,813	290
83	Henry County	0.6	7,866	12,422	1,505	169
84	Mercer County	0.6	12K	18,878	1,913	180
85	Williams County	0.6	8,888	16,123	703	180
86	Seneca County	0.5	18K	35,754	2,902	257
87	Paulding County	0.5	3,359	7,079	478	96
88	Auglaize County	0.3	5,597	19,905	850	156

Biggest Ohio outages of 2016

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	Cuyahoga County, OH	August 11, 2016 20:30	August 12, 2016 12:00	15h 30m	58,546	298K
2	Lake County, OH	January 28, 2016 03:00	January 28, 2016 08:00	5h	46,242	46K
3	Cuyahoga County, OH	August 3, 2016 11:45	August 11, 2016 14:30	8d 2h	26,895	478K
4	Hamilton County, OH	March 30, 2016 11:30	April 5, 2016 09:30	5d 22h	24,996	246K
5	Cuyahoga County, OH	November 21, 2016 14:00	November 22, 2016 09:45	19h 45m	23,862	26K
6	Franklin County, OH	September 23, 2016 13:30	September 24, 2016 03:45	14h 15m	22,341	11K
7	Hamilton County, OH	August 26, 2016 12:15	August 30, 2016 10:15	3d 22h	21,192	106K
8	Hamilton County, OH	June 23, 2016 10:45	June 25, 2016 07:00	1d 20h	19,876	40K
9	Hamilton County, OH	July 8, 2016 06:15	July 16, 2016 23:45	8d 17h	18,844	223K
10	Fairfield County, OH	March 28, 2016 05:00	March 28, 2016 16:15	11h 15m	18,028	50K
11	Warren County, OH	June 23, 2016 05:45	June 25, 2016 08:45	2d 3h	16,808	103K
12	Summit County, OH	July 13, 2016 15:00	July 16, 2016 10:45	2d 19h	16,730	54K
13	Butler County, OH	June 23, 2016 10:45	June 24, 2016 20:15	1d 9h	16,244	43K
14	Cuyahoga County, OH	August 12, 2016 21:00	August 24, 2016 06:45	11d 9h	15,255	178K
15	Cuyahoga County, OH	November 17, 2016 13:00	November 21, 2016 12:45	3d 23h	15,232	73K
16	Ross County, OH	June 23, 2016 10:45	June 27, 2016 12:45	4d 2h	14,302	133K
17	Franklin County, OH	January 3, 2016 16:15	January 13, 2016 03:15	9d 11h	13,995	167K
18	Stark County, OH	December 26, 2016 14:30	December 26, 2016 19:15	4h 45m	13,596	7,158
19	Clermont County, OH	June 23, 2016 10:45	June 24, 2016 05:30	18h 45m	13,556	42K
20	Hamilton County, OH	December 15, 2016 13:00	December 16, 2016 12:00	23h	13,453	31K
21	Hamilton County, OH	April 6, 2016 11:30	April 7, 2016 06:45	19h 15m	12,860	17K
22	Franklin County, OH	August 25, 2016 05:15	August 27, 2016 04:45	1d 23h	12,838	75K
23	Fairfield County, OH	September 24, 2016 05:45	September 24, 2016 06:45	1h	12,798	9,802
24	Montgomery County, OH	April 2, 2016 16:30	April 6, 2016 10:00	3d 17h	12,769	89K
25	Clark County, OH	April 2, 2016 15:45	April 5, 2016 02:00	2d 10h	12,614	29K

EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Ohio's electricity customers in 2016; 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 2015

Other states in 2016:NC WV SC VA ME FL LA AR

Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.

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