Power outages in Franklin County, OH
Live outage counts for Columbus, Dublin and Grove City and the rest of Franklin County, updated every 10 minutes from AEP Ohio and Ohio Edison.
Right now
Normal: scattered outages
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Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.103customers without power
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A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.AEP Ohio103 / 549,749
Ohio Edisonno county countServes part of this county but only publishes totals for its whole area.
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This utility publishes outage totals for its whole service area, but doesn't break them down by county.Duke Energy Ohio Incno live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.South Central Power Companyno live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Licking Rural Electric Incno live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Consolidated Cooperativeno live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
County outlineAEP Ohio and Ohio Edison publish totals only, not outage locations.
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Some utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.Outages by ZIP code
11 of 42 ZIP codes have outages| ZIP | Area | Out | CustomersiA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way. | % outiCustomers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area. |
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| 43209 | Columbus | 52 | 12,310 | 0.42% |
| 43230 | Gahanna | 16 | 24,628 | 0.06% |
| 43214 | Columbus | 10 | 13,175 | 0.08% |
| 43220 | Upper Arlington | 8 | 13,449 | 0.06% |
| 43231 | Columbus | 5 | 9,428 | 0.05% |
| 43017 | Dublin | fewer than 5 | 17,149 | 0.01% |
| 43213 | Columbus | fewer than 5 | 16,742 | 0.01% |
| 43215 | Columbus | fewer than 5 | 5,445 | 0.04% |
| 43221 | Upper Arlington | fewer than 5 | 15,766 | 0.01% |
| 43224 | Columbus | fewer than 5 | 18,613 | 0.01% |
| 43229 | Columbus | fewer than 5 | 23,412 | <0.01% |
| 43002 | Columbus | 0 | 622 | 0.00% |
| 43004 | Columbus / Reynoldsburg | 0 | 10,933 | 0.00% |
| 43016 | Dublin | 0 | 17,570 | 0.00% |
| 43026 | Hilliard / Columbus | 0 | 26,333 | 0.00% |
Outage history in Franklin County
2014–2025 recordFranklin County averaged 33 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Ohio counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 27. Half were over within 1 hour; the longest lasted 17 hours, starting July 12, 2025.
The largest on record began June 14, 2022, with 165,305 customers out at once.
33significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.1.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.2.5 dayslongest on record (June 2022)
165,305most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| June 14, 2022 | 165,305 | 2.5 days | 3,124,647 |
| September 11, 2020 | 153,123 | 15 minutes | 38,281 |
| July 22, 2021 | 39,796 | 2.5 hours | 37,029 |
| September 3, 2015 | 36,328 | 3 hours | 89,369 |
| July 12, 2025 | 24,330 | 17 hours | 177,925 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.
If your power is out
Report it to your utility
- AEP Ohio: outage map and reporting
- Ohio Edison: outage map and reporting
- Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.
Food safety
- 0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
- 4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
- 24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
- 48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.
Generators, heat and cold
- Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
- Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
- Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.
Cities in Franklin County
Nearby counties
Utilities
- AEP Ohio
- Ohio Edison
- Duke Energy Ohio Inc no live feed
- South Central Power Company no live feed
- Licking Rural Electric Inc no live feed
- Consolidated Cooperative no live feed
- City of Columbus - (OH) no live feed
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