Power outages in Washington County, OH

Live outage counts for Marietta, Belpre and Beverly and the rest of Washington County, updated every 10 minutes from AEP Ohio.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages
iNormal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.
fewer than 5customers without power
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
iUtilities hide very small outages for privacy and publish them only as "fewer than 5". Where many of these add up, we show an estimate ("about …").
<0.01% of 27,858 customersUpdated 7 min ago
iWe 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.
AEP Ohiofewer than 5 / 27,858
Washington Electric Coop - (OH)no live feed
iThis 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.
Also serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
. Check its own outage map.

Outage map

Outage locations not published
County outlineAEP Ohio publishes totals only, not outage locations.
iSome 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

1 of 14 ZIP codes have outages
ZIPAreaOutCustomers
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
% out
iCustomers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
45750Marietta / Devolafewer than 512,9320.02%
45714Belpre05,5310.00%
45721Unincorporated area0120.00%
45724Unincorporated area07930.00%
45729Unincorporated area04560.00%
45742Little Hocking01,5150.00%
45744Devola / Lowell08290.00%
45746Macksburg01550.00%
45767Matamoras (New Matamoras)08400.00%
45768Newport07790.00%
45773Unincorporated area0160.00%
45784Vincent01,5330.00%
45786Waterford01,0300.00%
45788Unincorporated area02110.00%

Outage history in Washington County

2014–2025 record

Washington County averaged 29 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Ohio counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 28. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 19 hours, starting April 19, 2025.

The largest on record began April 29, 2017, with 14,006 customers out at once.

29significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt 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.
2 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
3.7 dayslongest on record (June 2022)
14,006most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
April 29, 201714,00616 hours50,144
September 15, 20208,9181.5 hours8,918
September 11, 20208,9104.5 hours6,682
October 15, 20187,7991.5 hours11,670
March 25, 20236,5422.3 days208,505

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

iFrom 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.

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Food safety

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  • 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.
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