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2017 Ohio Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average Ohio customer went without power for about 4.2 hours, the 17th worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
4.2
vs prior year
▲ 41%
vs 2016
Customer-hours out
23.4M
Peak customers out
164,965
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of OH customers
Counties reporting
88

Ohio year over year

Ohio: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 2.5h; 2016: 2.9h; 2017: 4.1h; 2018: 4.1h, coverage 93%; 2019: 5.2h, coverage 93%; 2020: 5.2h, coverage 93%; 2021: 4.2h, coverage 93%; 2022: 7.2h, coverage 93%; 2023: 6.8h; 2024: 9.0h; 2025: 4.0h02.557.5100%50%100%2.5h20152.9h20164.1h20174.1h20185.2h20195.2h20204.2h20217.2h20226.8h20239.0h20244.0h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2017

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

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Ohio customer-hours without power by month, 2017Jan 1.5M, Feb 749K, Mar 4.5M, Apr 1.3M, May 1.9M, Jun 1.9M, Jul 3.7M, Aug 1.4M, Sep 1.1M, Oct 1.1M, Nov 3.3M, Dec 830K02M4M6M1.5MJan749KFeb4.5MMar1.3MApr1.9MMay1.9MJun3.7MJul1.4MAug1.1MSep1.1MOct3.3MNov830KDec
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All 88 Ohio counties, 2017

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Meigs County16.5223K13,4857,134482
2Pike County15.6158K10,1003,288390
3Hocking County15.1271K17,9053,411577
4Brown County12.6255K20,2095,596594
5Perry County12.4272K22,0237,854504
6Vinton County12.294K7,721919354
7Harrison County11.1102K9,1902,451370
8Morgan County11.193K8,3831,623360
9Summit County11.01.4M127,12328,576763
10Adams County10.8183K16,8802,568414
11Geauga County9.6623K65,22112,031547
12Athens County8.3374K44,8295,998631
13Ashtabula County8.1589K72,3189,939753
14Paulding County7.956K7,0791,224196
15Medina County7.2360K50,15014,237612
16Franklin County6.92.5M362,08116,969258
17Washington County6.7286K42,82514,006481
18Trumbull County6.4485K76,06614,063876
19Clermont County6.4585K91,80222,437689
20Preble County6.4127K20,00412,477398
21Pickaway County5.6199K35,90511,417599
22Monroe County5.448K8,9741,056368
23Jackson County5.4115K21,5014,235446
24Ottawa County5.3113K21,11010,668527
25Portage County5.3491K92,46815,577777
26Lake County5.2422K80,57715,522524
27Van Wert County5.042K8,3282,878255
28Delaware County5.0322K64,4888,324578
29Cuyahoga County4.62.8M602,24859,429114
30Carroll County4.688K19,1822,272318
31Highland County4.5126K27,8224,525629
32Lawrence County4.4162K37,1764,109599
33Fairfield County4.3371K86,73320,041874
34Jefferson County4.2188K44,9194,930594
35Fulton County4.041K10,2392,459388
36Scioto County4.0200K50,4762,399711
37Licking County3.8447K117,18717,456619
38Allen County3.8122K32,1244,303713
39Huron County3.7138K37,0914,321451
40Ross County3.6192K52,7386,629712
41Belmont County3.6161K44,5904,421629
42Gallia County3.462K18,4571,449441
43Hamilton County3.31.5M437,53047,938590
44Coshocton County3.368K20,3613,931405
45Columbiana County3.3206K63,18114,020753
46Knox County3.2132K41,3712,504464
47Hancock County3.1120K38,4644,315630
48Butler County3.1390K127,59926,785733
49Muskingum County3.0189K62,3293,476596
50Shelby County2.936K12,4315,396299
51Lorain County2.9304K106,17912,545771
52Lucas County2.8610K215,01820,9381,031
53Tuscarawas County2.8152K54,0745,241595
54Fayette County2.842K14,9642,734340
55Mahoning County2.8419K150,78317,984926
56Richland County2.7230K84,8018,534748
57Logan County2.752K19,5323,080432
58Defiance County2.735K13,2281,562323
59Erie County2.6130K50,7809,245702
60Montgomery County2.6757K295,83427,029761
61Madison County2.362K26,8801,418509
62Stark County2.2551K251,2636,477706
63Putnam County2.219K8,9121,016268
64Seneca County2.177K35,7542,106333
65Crawford County2.162K28,8754,177403
66Clinton County2.148K22,6492,843352
67Darke County2.134K16,1241,936376
68Warren County2.0235K115,42126,571691
69Ashland County2.068K33,6643,903439
70Wayne County2.0162K81,0747,572645
71Hardin County2.036K18,2541,527332
72Guernsey County1.952K27,1101,155416
73Miami County1.880K43,3623,337468
74Clark County1.8153K83,8715,449871
75Wyandot County1.825K14,215609195
76Noble County1.717K10,2042,078159
77Morrow County1.536K24,2215,002314
78Sandusky County1.450K35,7682,080462
79Marion County1.354K40,6434,049531
80Williams County1.321K16,1232,024181
81Greene County1.3120K92,6454,682658
82Wood County1.389K71,0694,843722
83Mercer County1.223K18,8783,443206
84Champaign County1.116K14,989619329
85Auglaize County0.918K19,9051,336157
86Henry County0.911K12,422689196
87Holmes County0.824K30,2912,163261
88Union County0.514K30,359848357

Biggest Ohio outages of 2017

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Cuyahoga County, OHFebruary 28, 2017 21:15March 12, 2017 06:0011d 8h59,4291.1M
2Hamilton County, OHAugust 8, 2017 12:00August 11, 2017 10:152d 22h47,93818K
3Cuyahoga County, OHDecember 1, 2017 13:30December 14, 2017 04:1512d 14h31,16952K
4Summit County, OHNovember 5, 2017 23:15November 11, 2017 11:155d 12h28,576686K
5Montgomery County, OHJuly 11, 2017 07:45July 15, 2017 21:454d 14h27,029355K
6Butler County, OHAugust 11, 2017 07:00August 11, 2017 07:1515m26,7856,696
7Warren County, OHAugust 11, 2017 07:00August 11, 2017 07:1515m26,5716,643
8Hamilton County, OHJuly 7, 2017 11:30July 10, 2017 07:302d 20h24,723326K
9Clermont County, OHAugust 10, 2017 12:45August 11, 2017 21:301d 8h22,4375,866
10Hamilton County, OHDecember 18, 2017 13:00December 19, 2017 05:3016h 30m22,38618K
11Lucas County, OHMarch 8, 2017 13:00March 12, 2017 06:003d 17h20,938267K
12Cuyahoga County, OHNovember 5, 2017 05:00November 12, 2017 11:007d 6h20,583348K
13Fairfield County, OHJanuary 10, 2017 19:00January 13, 2017 01:452d 6h20,041102K
14Lucas County, OHNovember 10, 2017 04:45November 10, 2017 22:0017h 15m18,63533K
15Mahoning County, OHApril 30, 2017 20:15May 4, 2017 03:003d 6h17,984172K
16Summit County, OHMarch 8, 2017 05:15March 12, 2017 02:153d 21h17,529208K
17Montgomery County, OHJune 5, 2017 09:15June 8, 2017 02:002d 16h17,49381K
18Licking County, OHJuly 7, 2017 17:45July 10, 2017 03:302d 9h17,456141K
19Summit County, OHAugust 4, 2017 12:15August 6, 2017 09:001d 20h17,44728K
20Franklin County, OHNovember 5, 2017 05:00November 20, 2017 06:4515d 1h16,969275K
21Portage County, OHApril 7, 2017 05:30April 7, 2017 22:1516h 45m15,57723K
22Lake County, OHMarch 8, 2017 13:00March 12, 2017 02:003d 13h15,522121K
23Franklin County, OHSeptember 20, 2017 12:15September 22, 2017 09:001d 20h15,19762K
24Cuyahoga County, OHJanuary 10, 2017 13:15January 20, 2017 11:459d 22h15,195177K
25Medina County, OHNovember 5, 2017 18:15November 9, 2017 08:003d 13h14,237217K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Ohio's electricity customers in 2017; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Ohio by year:2025202420232022202120202019201820162015
Other states in 2017:FLMEWVNHGARIVTNC

Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report.

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