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2024 Ohio Power Outage Report

In 2024, the average Ohio customer went without power for about 9.0 hours, the 16th worst of 51 states (US average 11.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
9.0
vs prior year
▲ 33%
vs 2023
Customer-hours out
50.8M
Peak customers out
426,489
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, 2024

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

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Ohio customer-hours without power by month, 2024Jan 1.5M, Feb 807K, Mar 1.2M, Apr 2.3M, May 1.6M, Jun 1.7M, Jul 1.7M, Aug 26.0M, Sep 9.9M, Oct 1.1M, Nov 1.0M, Dec 1.9M010M20M30M1.5MJan807KFeb1.2MMar2.3MApr1.6MMay1.7MJun1.7MJul26.0MAug9.9MSep1.1MOct1.0MNov1.9MDec
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All 88 Ohio counties, 2024

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Lake County51.54.1M80,57765,283546
2Pike County48.8493K10,1007,949694
3Geauga County35.62.3M65,22127,287514
4Lawrence County33.81.3M37,17616,896767
5Vinton County30.1232K7,7212,735491
6Cuyahoga County29.317.7M602,248223,470155
7Adams County25.1423K16,8807,694609
8Jackson County20.5442K21,5017,698614
9Meigs County17.3233K13,4853,814544
10Lorain County16.41.7M106,17953,056738
11Brown County15.3309K20,2098,984616
12Ross County15.0789K52,73817,215946
13Scioto County14.8749K50,47614,624850
14Ashtabula County14.51.0M72,31814,846650
15Gallia County13.4248K18,4573,282592
16Hocking County13.3239K17,9054,467726
17Darke County11.5186K16,1244,997578
18Monroe County10.594K8,9742,103580
19Clinton County10.3233K22,6495,542441
20Preble County10.1203K20,0045,595560
21Clermont County9.1832K91,80219,484857
22Trumbull County8.5644K76,06612,512679
23Harrison County8.276K9,1901,674528
24Morgan County7.966K8,3831,621556
25Montgomery County7.72.3M295,83462,412925
26Greene County7.7712K92,64519,025823
27Perry County6.6146K22,0233,604688
28Delaware County6.3408K64,48811,308769
29Warren County6.2716K115,42120,993789
30Summit County5.8737K127,12316,717512
31Van Wert County5.445K8,3282,382476
32Highland County5.4150K27,8223,954776
33Champaign County5.279K14,9892,693500
34Fairfield County5.1446K86,73310,8341,001
35Franklin County5.11.8M362,08117,287356
36Athens County4.9221K44,8294,154776
37Portage County4.9451K92,4689,452636
38Carroll County4.893K19,1823,578632
39Hamilton County4.82.1M437,53070,272653
40Shelby County4.657K12,4313,443532
41Muskingum County4.3271K62,3293,989883
42Fayette County4.365K14,9642,862442
43Guernsey County4.1110K27,1102,182795
44Butler County3.9502K127,59910,136928
45Paulding County3.927K7,0792,897415
46Fulton County3.940K10,2392,278373
47Washington County3.7161K42,8255,352735
48Noble County3.738K10,2041,575409
49Pickaway County3.7132K35,9056,384862
50Madison County3.696K26,8805,152581
51Jefferson County3.5158K44,9197,438700
52Ottawa County3.473K21,1107,538446
53Columbiana County3.3208K63,1814,600682
54Clark County3.2268K83,8718,093796
55Putnam County3.026K8,9121,353469
56Coshocton County2.960K20,3614,011636
57Allen County2.993K32,1242,625929
58Defiance County2.938K13,2286,097400
59Licking County2.8330K117,1879,713933
60Henry County2.835K12,4221,522167
61Medina County2.8141K50,15011,428534
62Crawford County2.676K28,8753,692465
63Hardin County2.647K18,2546,707466
64Tuscarawas County2.5134K54,0744,318860
65Knox County2.4101K41,3712,492864
66Ashland County2.481K33,6644,221561
67Logan County2.447K19,5322,177549
68Belmont County2.3104K44,5905,500783
69Erie County2.3115K50,78011,505626
70Holmes County2.268K30,2911,384556
71Mahoning County2.2326K150,78311,178776
72Mercer County2.140K18,8782,657431
73Miami County2.193K43,3622,680763
74Union County2.163K30,3593,539537
75Morrow County2.049K24,2211,226600
76Hancock County1.974K38,4642,778721
77Richland County1.7147K84,8014,080744
78Auglaize County1.734K19,9051,805400
79Wayne County1.7136K81,0742,515746
80Stark County1.7418K251,2637,963751
81Huron County1.555K37,0912,241517
82Marion County1.455K40,6432,252573
83Lucas County1.3282K215,01822,950819
84Sandusky County1.346K35,7681,296505
85Wood County1.390K71,0693,561695
86Seneca County1.141K35,7541,574524
87Williams County1.016K16,123797176
88Wyandot County0.913K14,215523293

Biggest Ohio outages of 2024

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, OHAugust 4, 2024 16:00September 13, 2024 02:4539d 10h223,47016.2M
2Hamilton County, OHSeptember 27, 2024 06:30October 3, 2024 11:006d 4h70,2721.4M
3Lake County, OHAugust 6, 2024 18:00September 13, 2024 04:4537d 10h65,2833.7M
4Montgomery County, OHSeptember 27, 2024 07:00October 6, 2024 15:309d 8h62,4121.8M
5Lorain County, OHAugust 6, 2024 19:00August 14, 2024 07:007d 12h53,0561.4M
6Montgomery County, OHJuly 14, 2024 13:30July 15, 2024 02:4513h 15m28,00643K
7Geauga County, OHAugust 6, 2024 12:45August 15, 2024 23:159d 10h27,2872.0M
8Lucas County, OHDecember 11, 2024 07:15December 12, 2024 01:1518h22,95010K
9Warren County, OHSeptember 27, 2024 11:00October 4, 2024 00:156d 13h20,993471K
10Clermont County, OHSeptember 27, 2024 09:15October 2, 2024 10:155d 1h19,484545K
11Greene County, OHSeptember 27, 2024 10:45October 4, 2024 02:456d 16h19,025556K
12Franklin County, OHSeptember 27, 2024 08:00October 5, 2024 00:457d 16h17,287222K
13Ross County, OHSeptember 27, 2024 10:30October 3, 2024 01:455d 15h17,215609K
14Lawrence County, OHApril 2, 2024 06:45April 8, 2024 23:006d 16h16,896558K
15Summit County, OHAugust 5, 2024 20:00August 10, 2024 21:455d 1h16,717183K
16Montgomery County, OHSeptember 13, 2024 11:30September 14, 2024 05:0017h 30m16,3357,644
17Lake County, OHNovember 21, 2024 23:15November 24, 2024 07:302d 8h14,858104K
18Ashtabula County, OHAugust 6, 2024 12:30August 13, 2024 00:456d 12h14,846631K
19Scioto County, OHSeptember 27, 2024 11:30October 3, 2024 21:006d 9h14,624582K
20Cuyahoga County, OHDecember 2, 2024 12:30December 15, 2024 03:4512d 15h14,168162K
21Franklin County, OHMarch 27, 2024 06:45March 28, 2024 03:0020h 15m13,01314K
22Trumbull County, OHAugust 6, 2024 13:45August 12, 2024 07:305d 17h12,512341K
23Summit County, OHMarch 29, 2024 15:30March 30, 2024 01:159h 45m12,05622K
24Cuyahoga County, OHJanuary 9, 2024 10:15January 19, 2024 08:159d 22h11,927244K
25Trumbull County, OHApril 12, 2024 21:45April 16, 2024 02:003d 4h11,874129K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Ohio's electricity customers in 2024; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Ohio by year:2025202320222021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2024:SCMENCGATXFLWVLA

Part of the 2024 US Power Outage Report.

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