Is the power out in 43948?

Live answer for ZIP 43948 (unincorporated area; Jefferson County), from AEP Ohio, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 43948

No. The utility reports no outages in 43948 right now.

0.00% of 267 customers

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

Updated 8 min ago

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Outage map

ZIP 43948Jefferson CountyAEP Ohio publishes 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.

Neighboring ZIP codes

ZIP	Area	Out	Customers i A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.	% out i Customers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
43917	Dillonvale / Mount Pleasant	0	1,433	0.00%
43943	Rayland / Connorville	fewer than 5	1,772	0.11%
43901	Adena / Harrisville	0	1,277	0.00%
43938	Mingo Junction / New Alexandria	0	2,598	0.00%
43939	Mount Pleasant	0	254	0.00%
43953	Steubenville / Wintersville	0	6,146	0.00%

Outage history in Jefferson County, which includes 43948

2014–2025 record

Jefferson County averaged 21.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Ohio counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 23. Half were over within 3 hours; the longest lasted 2.3 days, starting April 29, 2025.

The largest on record began September 15, 2020, with 19,341 customers out at once.

21.3significant 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.

2.5 hourstypical (median) length

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

3.1 dayslongest on record (February 2022)

19,341most 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.
September 15, 2020	19,341	1.5 hours	24,176
September 11, 2020	19,331	4.5 hours	14,498
April 29, 2025	19,227	2.3 days	548,203
February 3, 2022	8,602	3.1 days	227,377
April 23, 2019	8,313	2 hours	11,069

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

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AEP Ohio: 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.

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