Power outages in Vermilion, OH

Live outages for Vermilion and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Vermilion has 10,695 residents.

Right now

Outages reported

Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.

3customers without power in Lorain County

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

Share of customers unknown

At least one utility here doesn't publish how many customers it serves in this area, so we can't show a percentage.

Updated 7 min ago

We check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.

Ohio Edison and The Illuminating Company doesn't publish a count for Vermilion itself; see its ZIP codes below.

Outage map

VermilionLorain CountyOhio Edison and The Illuminating Company publish totals only, not outage locations.

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.

Outage history in Lorain County, which includes Vermilion

2014–2025 record

Lorain County averaged 25.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Ohio counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 34. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 25 hours, starting June 19, 2025.

The largest on record began August 6, 2024, with 53,056 customers out at once.

25.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)

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

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

4.3 dayslongest on record (August 2024)

53,056most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
August 6, 2024	53,056	4.3 days	1,389,639
August 24, 2023	15,855	2.7 days	354,648
June 4, 2025	15,837	7 hours	58,638
March 8, 2017	12,545	22 hours	53,266
April 8, 2020	10,582	12 hours	57,596

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

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

Ohio Edison: outage map and reporting
The Illuminating Company: 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.