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Ohio: official power outage sources
Six investor-owned companies serve much of Ohio: AEP Ohio, AES Ohio, Duke Energy Ohio, and FirstEnergy's Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating and Toledo Edison. Electric cooperatives and dozens of city and village utilities, such as Cleveland Public Power, serve the rest. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) oversees the investor-owned companies.
Outages in Ohio right now
Not shown on this site. Power Grid Watch does not have live outage information for Ohio. That does not mean there are no outages. Use the official links below to check and to report.
If your power is out
- Stay away from downed lines and anything touching them. Call 911.
- Report it to your own utility. The name and outage phone number are on your electric bill. Do not assume a neighbor has reported it.
- Check your utility's outage page for the area affected and any restoration estimate. Only your utility can give that estimate.
Utility outage pages
Each link covers only that utility's own customers. If your provider is not listed here, use the directories in the next section.
- AEP Ohio Outage page outagemap.aepohio.com
- FirstEnergy Ohio (Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating, Toledo Edison) Outage page One map for three separate companies. outages-oh.firstenergycorp.com
- Butler Rural Electric Cooperative Outage page butlerrural.coop
- Midwest Energy & Communications Utility website Lists the townships it serves, including in Fulton and Williams counties. teammidwest.com
Official state sources
Use these to find out which utility serves an address, to reach the regulator, and to follow state emergency information.
- Public Utilities Commission of Ohio: electric service area map Regulator Shows company and co-op areas. City-owned utilities are not shown as service areas. puco.ohio.gov
- Ohio Homeland Security: electric power outages Provider directory homelandsecurity.ohio.gov
- Ohio Emergency Management Agency: power outages Emergency management ema.ohio.gov
- National Weather Service Weather alerts Enter your town or ZIP code for current watches and warnings. A weather warning is not an outage prediction. weather.gov
Good to know in Ohio
- City-owned utilities, such as Cleveland Public Power, are separate from the investor-owned companies. Their customers should check with their own utility, even if a nearby company's map covers the area.
- Co-op customers should check with their own co-op; the big utilities' maps do not cover them.
- If an outage map is not working, report your outage by phone to your utility.
- Seeing a restoration estimate is not the same as reporting your outage. Report it to your utility either way.
The wider grid
Regional grid organizations and balancing areas that cover all or part of Ohio: PJM. They balance supply and demand on the high-voltage system. Their alerts describe the regional system, not an outage on your street. How the pieces fit together
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