Is the power out in 45645?

Live answer for ZIP 45645 (unincorporated area; Lawrence County), from AEP Ohio, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 45645

No. The utility reports no outages in 45645 right now.

0.00% of 613 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 45645Lawrence 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	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.
45696	Unincorporated area	1	0.00%
45680	South Point / Burlington	5,282	0.00%
45638	Ironton / Coal Grove	10,017	0.00%
45619	Chesapeake	2,892	0.00%
45678	Unincorporated area	2	0.00%
45659	Unincorporated area	666	0.00%

Outage history in Lawrence County, which includes 45645

2014–2025 record

Lawrence County averaged 31 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Ohio counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 32. Half were over within 3 hours; the longest lasted 7.5 hours, starting August 14, 2025.

The largest on record began February 15, 2021, with 17,257 customers out at once.

31significant 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.

10 dayslongest on record (February 2021)

17,257most 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.
February 15, 2021	17,257	10 days	1,538,702
April 2, 2024	16,896	3.3 days	553,156
May 22, 2024	10,778	2.2 days	190,376
September 27, 2024	10,331	3.4 days	361,414
February 11, 2021	7,825	3.3 days	228,612

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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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

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Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.

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