2021 Ohio Power Outage Report

In 2021, the average Ohio customer went without power for about 4.2 hours, the 26th worst of 51 states (US average 8.4 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

4.2

vs prior year

▼ 19%

vs 2020

Customer-hours out

23.5M

Peak customers out

160,846

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

93%

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, 2021

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

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All 88 Ohio counties, 2021

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	Lawrence County	53.0	2.0M	37,176	17,257	702
2	Gallia County	13.5	249K	18,457	3,569	509
3	Pike County	12.5	126K	10,100	2,655	612
4	Morgan County	10.9	92K	8,383	2,690	523
5	Harrison County	10.7	98K	9,190	1,946	538
6	Adams County	10.4	176K	16,880	3,410	674
7	Athens County	9.7	435K	44,829	17,613	749
8	Meigs County	9.5	129K	13,485	1,685	536
9	Lake County	9.5	767K	80,577	11,122	519
10	Clinton County	9.1	206K	22,649	5,931	415
11	Hocking County	8.7	157K	17,905	2,205	742
12	Fulton County	8.2	84K	10,239	4,722	460
13	Ashtabula County	8.0	580K	72,318	14,154	735
14	Vinton County	7.9	61K	7,721	1,346	419
15	Ottawa County	7.7	162K	21,110	21,110	534
16	Summit County	6.2	793K	127,123	24,069	656
17	Monroe County	6.1	55K	8,974	1,057	551
18	Cuyahoga County	6.0	3.6M	602,248	68,713	156
19	Delaware County	5.9	383K	64,488	8,795	724
20	Preble County	5.9	117K	20,004	5,406	505
21	Geauga County	5.8	377K	65,221	7,814	530
22	Darke County	5.7	91K	16,124	4,472	454
23	Noble County	5.6	57K	10,204	1,549	443
24	Paulding County	5.4	38K	7,079	2,488	357
25	Brown County	5.3	107K	20,209	2,990	691
26	Washington County	5.3	225K	42,825	2,955	657
27	Perry County	5.2	116K	22,023	3,842	739
28	Van Wert County	5.0	42K	8,328	2,840	482
29	Guernsey County	5.0	135K	27,110	2,739	672
30	Jefferson County	4.9	218K	44,919	2,391	669
31	Shelby County	4.7	59K	12,431	3,109	430
32	Ross County	4.7	246K	52,738	2,749	888
33	Franklin County	4.7	1.7M	362,081	39,796	374
34	Clermont County	4.6	422K	91,802	15,708	911
35	Jackson County	4.4	95K	21,501	4,071	508
36	Belmont County	4.4	196K	44,590	8,387	716
37	Champaign County	4.3	64K	14,989	3,284	473
38	Defiance County	4.2	56K	13,228	5,610	412
39	Pickaway County	4.1	148K	35,905	5,140	878
40	Logan County	4.1	80K	19,532	7,593	506
41	Carroll County	4.0	76K	19,182	1,589	590
42	Holmes County	3.9	119K	30,291	3,662	554
43	Hancock County	3.9	148K	38,464	5,538	730
44	Highland County	3.8	106K	27,822	2,475	819
45	Trumbull County	3.8	287K	76,066	5,529	826
46	Huron County	3.8	140K	37,091	5,287	577
47	Columbiana County	3.7	235K	63,181	4,107	806
48	Allen County	3.7	118K	32,124	3,377	768
49	Tuscarawas County	3.6	197K	54,074	3,128	811
50	Lorain County	3.6	383K	106,179	16,219	794
51	Ashland County	3.6	121K	33,664	8,042	577
52	Putnam County	3.5	31K	8,912	1,270	469
53	Hardin County	3.4	62K	18,254	3,360	443
54	Fayette County	3.3	50K	14,964	3,478	374
55	Miami County	3.3	145K	43,362	8,874	575
56	Coshocton County	3.3	67K	20,361	2,161	593
57	Fairfield County	3.2	277K	86,733	21,843	1,024
58	Scioto County	3.2	161K	50,476	4,092	788
59	Henry County	3.1	39K	12,422	1,772	178
60	Knox County	3.1	128K	41,371	3,531	841
61	Lucas County	3.1	663K	215,018	21,312	908
62	Mercer County	3.1	58K	18,878	4,516	462
63	Portage County	3.0	280K	92,468	4,481	783
64	Licking County	3.0	353K	117,187	10,092	836
65	Richland County	2.9	243K	84,801	8,655	827
66	Warren County	2.8	323K	115,421	15,895	844
67	Muskingum County	2.7	171K	62,329	2,915	841
68	Madison County	2.7	73K	26,880	4,825	567
69	Medina County	2.7	133K	50,150	3,667	643
70	Morrow County	2.5	61K	24,221	7,708	622
71	Wayne County	2.4	193K	81,074	7,127	802
72	Greene County	2.3	215K	92,645	7,883	649
73	Hamilton County	2.2	972K	437,530	20,578	657
74	Union County	2.1	64K	30,359	4,820	604
75	Stark County	2.0	500K	251,263	12,672	838
76	Butler County	1.9	248K	127,599	6,628	948
77	Erie County	1.9	94K	50,780	12,732	691
78	Sandusky County	1.9	66K	35,768	3,889	475
79	Mahoning County	1.8	270K	150,783	14,172	922
80	Montgomery County	1.6	472K	295,834	7,528	668
81	Marion County	1.5	61K	40,643	12,097	558
82	Clark County	1.5	125K	83,871	9,468	943
83	Wyandot County	1.4	21K	14,215	1,735	265
84	Wood County	1.3	96K	71,069	7,398	686
85	Crawford County	1.3	38K	28,875	1,730	468
86	Auglaize County	1.0	20K	19,905	830	419
87	Seneca County	1.0	35K	35,754	2,135	545
88	Williams County	0.8	13K	16,123	915	210

Biggest Ohio outages of 2021

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

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#	County	Started (UTC)	Ended (UTC)	Duration	Peak out	Customer-hours
1	Cuyahoga County, OH	July 11, 2021 08:00	September 1, 2021 08:00	52d	68,713	1.9M
2	Franklin County, OH	July 21, 2021 05:45	July 22, 2021 23:15	1d 17h	39,796	40K
3	Cuyahoga County, OH	December 25, 2021 09:30	December 26, 2021 15:30	1d 6h	24,812	43K
4	Summit County, OH	March 25, 2021 16:00	March 29, 2021 09:30	3d 17h	24,069	144K
5	Fairfield County, OH	July 15, 2021 12:30	July 16, 2021 06:15	17h 45m	21,843	21K
6	Cuyahoga County, OH	May 19, 2021 11:15	June 17, 2021 07:00	28d 19h	21,837	389K
7	Lucas County, OH	September 14, 2021 11:15	September 17, 2021 04:15	2d 17h	21,312	87K
8	Ottawa County, OH	December 14, 2021 18:00	December 14, 2021 22:15	4h 15m	21,110	8,330
9	Hamilton County, OH	October 19, 2021 10:30	October 20, 2021 10:00	23h 30m	20,578	16K
10	Cuyahoga County, OH	December 11, 2021 07:00	December 20, 2021 08:00	9d 1h	19,168	148K
11	Athens County, OH	January 22, 2021 19:15	January 23, 2021 22:45	1d 3h	17,613	191K
12	Lawrence County, OH	February 11, 2021 01:15	February 27, 2021 10:45	16d 9h	17,257	1.8M
13	Lorain County, OH	March 18, 2021 12:45	March 19, 2021 21:15	1d 8h	16,219	19K
14	Summit County, OH	August 8, 2021 13:45	August 17, 2021 09:00	8d 19h	16,084	165K
15	Summit County, OH	March 18, 2021 13:00	March 19, 2021 19:15	1d 6h	16,040	15K
16	Warren County, OH	June 18, 2021 22:00	June 21, 2021 10:30	2d 12h	15,895	141K
17	Cuyahoga County, OH	March 24, 2021 10:45	April 1, 2021 05:15	7d 18h	15,824	168K
18	Cuyahoga County, OH	May 5, 2021 10:15	May 8, 2021 05:15	2d 19h	15,728	51K
19	Clermont County, OH	August 15, 2021 08:45	August 15, 2021 18:15	9h 30m	15,708	41K
20	Lucas County, OH	August 11, 2021 06:30	August 14, 2021 23:30	3d 17h	15,638	170K
21	Mahoning County, OH	August 10, 2021 00:15	August 10, 2021 07:00	6h 45m	14,172	12K
22	Ashtabula County, OH	December 11, 2021 18:00	December 15, 2021 03:15	3d 9h	14,154	179K
23	Cuyahoga County, OH	April 21, 2021 05:00	April 23, 2021 07:30	2d 2h	13,786	105K
24	Erie County, OH	May 28, 2021 14:15	May 30, 2021 18:45	2d 4h	12,732	13K
25	Summit County, OH	April 15, 2021 02:30	April 16, 2021 05:00	1d 2h	12,699	24K

EAGLE-I tracked about 93% of Ohio's electricity customers in 2021; 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 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

Other states in 2021:LA MI WV OR TX MS KY NC

Part of the 2021 US Power Outage Report.

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