2023 Ohio Power Outage Report

In 2023, the average Ohio customer went without power for about 6.8 hours, the 18th worst of 51 states (US average 6.7 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

6.8

vs prior year

▼ 6%

vs 2022

Customer-hours out

38.3M

Peak customers out

440,642

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, 2023

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

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All 88 Ohio counties, 2023

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	31.4	317K	10,100	5,201	625
2	Trumbull County	29.3	2.2M	76,066	46,751	765
3	Vinton County	26.6	206K	7,721	3,345	470
4	Hocking County	25.7	460K	17,905	9,293	770
5	Lake County	23.6	1.9M	80,577	38,886	565
6	Geauga County	22.4	1.5M	65,221	24,782	527
7	Adams County	21.1	357K	16,880	8,083	678
8	Morgan County	20.8	174K	8,383	3,751	555
9	Portage County	17.2	1.6M	92,468	31,116	718
10	Meigs County	14.9	201K	13,485	3,340	548
11	Columbiana County	14.5	915K	63,181	15,913	769
12	Harrison County	13.7	126K	9,190	2,627	519
13	Carroll County	13.7	263K	19,182	5,504	543
14	Summit County	12.5	1.6M	127,123	30,171	576
15	Jackson County	12.1	260K	21,501	3,800	533
16	Gallia County	11.9	219K	18,457	8,837	510
17	Ross County	11.7	615K	52,738	12,759	890
18	Mahoning County	11.4	1.7M	150,783	37,363	832
19	Ashtabula County	11.0	797K	72,318	19,258	733
20	Monroe County	10.9	98K	8,974	2,282	558
21	Ottawa County	10.2	215K	21,110	21,110	510
22	Athens County	9.7	436K	44,829	10,133	739
23	Tuscarawas County	9.5	514K	54,074	13,330	786
24	Perry County	9.3	204K	22,023	3,635	663
25	Wyandot County	8.9	126K	14,215	5,055	308
26	Preble County	8.4	168K	20,004	4,016	546
27	Noble County	8.2	83K	10,204	2,145	365
28	Scioto County	8.1	409K	50,476	8,142	847
29	Washington County	8.1	347K	42,825	6,542	663
30	Stark County	7.8	2.0M	251,263	41,633	839
31	Huron County	7.8	290K	37,091	6,892	510
32	Brown County	7.6	153K	20,209	4,948	599
33	Henry County	7.5	94K	12,422	2,558	180
34	Cuyahoga County	7.3	4.4M	602,248	70,828	160
35	Clinton County	7.2	163K	22,649	5,489	391
36	Lawrence County	7.0	260K	37,176	5,118	699
37	Knox County	6.5	268K	41,371	22,269	759
38	Pickaway County	6.5	232K	35,905	5,722	801
39	Fulton County	6.5	66K	10,239	4,954	419
40	Jefferson County	6.3	285K	44,919	5,103	703
41	Fairfield County	6.2	534K	86,733	10,584	1,016
42	Lucas County	6.1	1.3M	215,018	31,071	929
43	Lorain County	6.0	636K	106,179	20,989	813
44	Franklin County	5.8	2.1M	362,081	23,839	407
45	Clermont County	5.7	524K	91,802	13,080	848
46	Highland County	5.5	154K	27,822	4,585	781
47	Allen County	5.3	169K	32,124	4,144	828
48	Shelby County	5.2	65K	12,431	2,735	490
49	Van Wert County	5.2	43K	8,328	2,835	476
50	Holmes County	5.2	156K	30,291	4,755	526
51	Erie County	4.9	249K	50,780	6,135	638
52	Sandusky County	4.7	167K	35,768	4,009	495
53	Coshocton County	4.6	94K	20,361	4,265	602
54	Paulding County	4.6	32K	7,079	3,638	338
55	Wayne County	4.5	367K	81,074	11,226	768
56	Delaware County	4.4	285K	64,488	3,905	727
57	Guernsey County	4.3	115K	27,110	3,164	654
58	Medina County	4.0	202K	50,150	10,217	594
59	Defiance County	3.9	52K	13,228	2,011	417
60	Putnam County	3.9	34K	8,912	1,264	415
61	Logan County	3.7	72K	19,532	3,573	450
62	Licking County	3.5	413K	117,187	13,520	908
63	Mercer County	3.5	66K	18,878	3,875	386
64	Crawford County	3.4	98K	28,875	1,920	470
65	Belmont County	3.4	151K	44,590	5,742	752
66	Ashland County	3.2	109K	33,664	2,795	525
67	Fayette County	3.2	49K	14,964	2,497	387
68	Champaign County	3.1	47K	14,989	1,944	473
69	Hardin County	3.0	55K	18,254	3,333	436
70	Richland County	2.9	246K	84,801	4,935	829
71	Morrow County	2.9	69K	24,221	3,422	597
72	Madison County	2.8	74K	26,880	5,151	588
73	Muskingum County	2.8	171K	62,329	3,872	827
74	Hamilton County	2.7	1.2M	437,530	20,268	679
75	Darke County	2.6	42K	16,124	3,469	469
76	Auglaize County	2.4	48K	19,905	1,659	399
77	Butler County	2.4	308K	127,599	7,024	902
78	Hancock County	2.2	86K	38,464	3,723	696
79	Union County	2.0	61K	30,359	2,193	633
80	Montgomery County	2.0	580K	295,834	17,315	847
81	Miami County	1.9	84K	43,362	15,216	591
82	Warren County	1.9	219K	115,421	5,682	725
83	Wood County	1.8	128K	71,069	4,982	665
84	Clark County	1.8	150K	83,871	3,652	934
85	Greene County	1.7	161K	92,645	3,284	746
86	Williams County	1.5	25K	16,123	847	183
87	Marion County	1.5	61K	40,643	2,283	531
88	Seneca County	1.2	41K	35,754	1,804	522

Biggest Ohio outages of 2023

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	June 30, 2023 05:30	September 17, 2023 03:45	78d 22h	70,828	3.0M
2	Trumbull County, OH	March 25, 2023 07:30	April 7, 2023 06:30	12d 23h	46,751	1.8M
3	Stark County, OH	April 1, 2023 05:30	April 7, 2023 10:00	6d 4h	41,633	672K
4	Stark County, OH	March 25, 2023 09:30	March 31, 2023 02:15	5d 16h	40,461	921K
5	Lake County, OH	August 25, 2023 04:15	September 3, 2023 07:30	9d 3h	38,886	1.3M
6	Mahoning County, OH	April 1, 2023 06:45	April 7, 2023 04:30	5d 21h	37,363	468K
7	Cuyahoga County, OH	March 25, 2023 09:30	April 7, 2023 09:15	12d 23h	32,431	755K
8	Portage County, OH	August 25, 2023 04:15	August 30, 2023 14:45	5d 10h	31,116	849K
9	Lucas County, OH	July 25, 2023 05:15	August 1, 2023 03:00	6d 21h	31,071	533K
10	Summit County, OH	August 23, 2023 11:00	August 31, 2023 11:15	8d	30,171	490K
11	Mahoning County, OH	March 25, 2023 10:30	April 1, 2023 02:30	6d 16h	28,687	729K
12	Geauga County, OH	August 23, 2023 11:30	August 31, 2023 06:00	7d 18h	24,782	821K
13	Summit County, OH	March 25, 2023 09:15	March 31, 2023 10:30	6d 1h	24,660	336K
14	Franklin County, OH	March 24, 2023 04:45	March 31, 2023 09:15	7d 4h	23,839	205K
15	Knox County, OH	July 5, 2023 16:15	July 6, 2023 04:30	12h 15m	22,269	115K
16	Mahoning County, OH	August 24, 2023 23:30	August 29, 2023 07:45	4d 8h	21,347	341K
17	Ottawa County, OH	July 8, 2023 00:15	July 8, 2023 06:00	5h 45m	21,110	19K
18	Lorain County, OH	August 7, 2023 13:45	August 8, 2023 03:30	13h 45m	20,989	12K
19	Hamilton County, OH	March 3, 2023 14:45	March 6, 2023 06:45	2d 16h	20,268	255K
20	Portage County, OH	March 25, 2023 17:30	March 31, 2023 09:00	5d 15h	19,885	360K
21	Ashtabula County, OH	March 25, 2023 12:00	March 31, 2023 10:45	5d 22h	19,258	451K
22	Summit County, OH	March 31, 2023 14:30	April 8, 2023 02:45	7d 12h	18,926	272K
23	Hamilton County, OH	December 1, 2023 16:15	December 2, 2023 21:45	1d 5h	18,633	24K
24	Geauga County, OH	March 25, 2023 09:00	March 31, 2023 08:45	5d 23h	17,903	455K
25	Montgomery County, OH	March 24, 2023 20:45	March 28, 2023 00:00	3d 3h	17,315	143K

EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Ohio's electricity customers in 2023; 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 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

Other states in 2023:ME MI KY OK AR WV LA MS

Part of the 2023 US Power Outage Report.

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