Ohio power outages by utility
29 Ohio utilities report outage minutes to EIA. The state median is 94 minutes a year; the range runs from 8 to 1159.
Ranking by outage minutes
Ohio, SAIDI without major event days, 2024; lower is better; 29 utilities.
| Rank | Ohio utility | Owner type | Ohio home accounts | SAIDI min | Interruptions (SAIFI) | SAIDI with storms | Ohio storm share | Price ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of Bowling Green | Municipal | 13,068 | 8 | 0.08 | 21 | 63% | 15.36 |
| 2 | City of Dover | Municipal | 5,869 | 8 | 0.09 | 109 | 93% | 15.03 |
| 3 | City of Westerville | Municipal | 15,713 | 21 | 0.35 | 57 | 63% | 13.19 |
| 4 | City of Piqua | Municipal | 9,829 | 26 | 0.93 | 26 | 0% | 12.85 |
| 5 | Hancock-Wood Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 11,307 | 35 | 0.63 | 80 | 56% | 17.05 |
| 6 | City of Cuyahoga Falls | Municipal | 24,349 | 44 | 0.50 | 76 | 42% | 13.02 |
| 7 | City of Painesville | Municipal | 10,832 | 52 | 0.51 | 348 | 85% | 12.75 |
| 8 | City of Wadsworth | Municipal | 12,180 | 54 | 0.39 | 54 | 0% | 11.99 |
| 9 | Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 11,812 | 59 | 0.48 | 260 | 77% | 15.67 |
| 10 | Butler Rural Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 11,374 | 61 | 1.70 | 227 | 73% | 18.16 |
| 11 | North Central Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 8,433 | 62 | No data | 65 | 5% | 17.09 |
| 12 | Consolidated Cooperative | Cooperative | 16,897 | 87 | 0.93 | 354 | 75% | 16.11 |
| 13 | Midwest Electric, Inc | Cooperative | 10,836 | 88 | 1.01 | 293 | 70% | 15.27 |
| 14 | City of Hamilton | Municipal | 26,964 | 90 | 1.71 | 90 | 0% | 15.44 |
| 15 | Pioneer Rural Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 16,310 | 94 | 1.05 | 127 | 26% | 16.18 |
| 16 | The Toledo Edison Co | Investor Owned | 278,814 | 95 | 0.94 | 121 | 21% | 10.24 |
| 17 | Duke Energy Ohio Inc | Investor Owned | 693,435 | 103 | 0.80 | 321 | 68% | 10.83 |
| 18 | Dayton Power & Light Co | Investor Owned | 478,741 | 106 | 0.87 | 503 | 79% | 8.54 |
| 19 | Licking Rural Electric Inc | Cooperative | 25,820 | 113 | 1.04 | 242 | 53% | 16.88 |
| 20 | Ohio Edison Co | Investor Owned | 957,780 | 114 | 1.03 | 234 | 51% | 9.55 |
| 21 | Cleveland Electric Illum Co | Investor Owned | 676,098 | 150 | 1.11 | 1918 | 92% | 9.41 |
| 22 | Lorain-Medina R E C, Inc | Cooperative | 15,234 | 158 | No data | 159 | 1% | 17.26 |
| 23 | Ohio Power Co | Investor Owned | 1,339,232 | 158 | 0.99 | 272 | 42% | 14.35 |
| 24 | City of Cleveland | Municipal | 64,914 | 170 | 1.08 | 170 | 0% | 14.87 |
| 25 | Holmes-Wayne Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 14,714 | 178 | 1.50 | 178 | 0% | 16.52 |
| 26 | South Central Power Company | Cooperative | 117,469 | 201 | 1.69 | 320 | 37% | 14.87 |
| 27 | City of Columbus | Municipal | 15,510 | 245 | 2.17 | 245 | 0% | 11.32 |
| 28 | Guernsey-Muskingum El Coop Inc | Cooperative | 15,289 | 485 | 2.64 | 494 | 2% | 18.00 |
| 29 | Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 16,349 | 1159 | 3.04 | 2913 | 60% | 19.90 |
Ohio outage minutes by owner type
In Ohio, 96% of 5,142,108 home accounts sit with the 29 qualifying utilities out of 36 in the file. Ohio customer-weighted SAIDI is 133 minutes against a median of 94, and 13 of 29 Ohio utilities exceed the U.S. median of 99. Counting major event days adds a median 51% to SAIDI.
| Ohio owner type | Ohio utilities | Ohio home accounts | Ohio median SAIDI | Ohio weighted SAIDI | Ohio median SAIFI | Ohio storm share | Ohio median price ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investor Owned | 6 | 4,424,100 | 110 | 129 | 0.97 | 60% | 9.90 |
| Cooperative | 13 | 291,844 | 94 | 220 | 1.05 | 53% | 16.88 |
| Municipal | 10 | 199,228 | 48 | 102 | 0.51 | 21% | 13.10 |
By owner type, Municipal utilities have the lowest median SAIDI in Ohio (48 minutes, 10 of 29) and Investor Owned the highest (110 minutes, 6 of 29).
Ohio utilities that stand out
| Why it stands out | Ohio utility | Ohio owner type | Ohio accounts | Ohio SAIDI min | Ohio SAIDI rank | Ohio SAIFI | Ohio SAIDI with storms | Ohio price ¢/kWh | Ohio price rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| the most reliable | City of Bowling Green | Municipal | 13,068 | 8 | 1 of 29 | 0.08 | 21 | 15.36 | 17 of 29 |
| the least reliable | Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 16,349 | 1159 | 29 of 29 | 3.04 | 2,913 | 19.90 | 29 of 29 |
| the largest | Ohio Power Co | Investor Owned | 1,339,232 | 158 | 23 of 29 | 0.99 | 272 | 14.35 | 12 of 29 |
| the most storm-driven | City of Dover | Municipal | 5,869 | 8 | 2 of 29 | 0.09 | 109 | 15.03 | 15 of 29 |
| the most improved | City of Columbus | Municipal | 15,510 | 245 | 27 of 29 | 2.17 | 245 | 11.32 | 6 of 29 |
| the cheapest | Dayton Power & Light Co | Investor Owned | 478,741 | 106 | 18 of 29 | 0.87 | 503 | 8.54 | 1 of 29 |
Does a higher price buy fewer outages?
Each dot is one of 29 Ohio utilities.
Ohio, 2024: first 8 of 29 rows
| Home price, cents per kWh | SAIDI, minutes a year | |
|---|---|---|
| City of Bowling Green | 15.36 | 8 |
| City of Dover | 15.03 | 8 |
| City of Westerville | 13.19 | 21 |
| City of Piqua | 12.85 | 26 |
| Hancock-Wood Electric Coop Inc | 17.05 | 35 |
| City of Cuyahoga Falls | 13.02 | 44 |
| City of Painesville | 12.75 | 52 |
| City of Wadsworth | 11.99 | 54 |
29 rows from EIA-861 survey.
CSVOhio utilities, change in their own SAIDI
First to last year each utility reported, best change first.
| Rank | Ohio utility | Ohio years | Ohio SAIDI first | Ohio SAIDI last | Ohio change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of Columbus | 2017 to 2025 | 297 | 141 | -53% |
| 2 | City of Bowling Green | 2015 to 2025 | 14 | 7 | -52% |
| 3 | City of Westerville | 2015 to 2025 | 47 | 25 | -48% |
| 4 | Hancock-Wood Electric Coop Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 72 | 43 | -41% |
| 5 | Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 90 | 62 | -31% |
| 6 | Ohio Power Co | 2015 to 2025 | 202 | 145 | -28% |
| 7 | Duke Energy Ohio Inc | 2015 to 2024 | 133 | 103 | -23% |
| 8 | Midwest Electric, Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 116 | 91 | -21% |
| 9 | South Central Power Company | 2015 to 2025 | 237 | 198 | -17% |
| 10 | City of Cleveland | 2018 to 2025 | 222 | 191 | -14% |
| 11 | Licking Rural Electric Inc | 2016 to 2025 | 127 | 112 | -12% |
| 12 | Guernsey-Muskingum El Coop Inc | 2017 to 2025 | 313 | 282 | -10% |
| 13 | City of Hamilton | 2018 to 2025 | 66 | 61 | -9% |
| 14 | Dayton Power & Light Co | 2015 to 2024 | 106 | 106 | +1% |
| 15 | Consolidated Cooperative | 2015 to 2025 | 103 | 109 | +6% |
| 16 | Cleveland Electric Illum Co | 2015 to 2024 | 138 | 150 | +8% |
| 17 | Butler Rural Electric Coop Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 94 | 103 | +10% |
| 18 | Holmes-Wayne Electric Coop Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 250 | 274 | +10% |
| 19 | Ohio Edison Co | 2015 to 2024 | 96 | 114 | +18% |
| 20 | City of Wadsworth | 2022 to 2025 | 34 | 44 | +28% |
| 21 | City of Painesville | 2017 to 2025 | 54 | 70 | +29% |
| 22 | City of Piqua | 2021 to 2025 | 13 | 18 | +33% |
| 23 | The Toledo Edison Co | 2015 to 2024 | 68 | 95 | +39% |
| 24 | Lorain-Medina R E C, Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 105 | 173 | +64% |
| 25 | Pioneer Rural Elec Coop, Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 69 | 129 | +88% |
| 26 | City of Cuyahoga Falls | 2015 to 2025 | 19 | 45 | +134% |
| 27 | Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc | 2019 to 2024 | 494 | 1159 | +134% |
| 28 | North Central Elec Coop, Inc | 2015 to 2025 | 44 | 162 | +266% |
| 29 | City of Dover | 2016 to 2025 | 3 | 32 | +1166% |
Analyst note
The spread stands out in Ohio: 151.9 to 1 between the worst and best utility, rank 3 of 40 states. Of 29 Ohio utilities with 1,000+ home accounts that report SAIDI, City of Bowling Green is lowest at 8 minutes a year and Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc highest at 1159, a 151.9 to 1 spread. The state median is 94 minutes, -6% against the U.S. median reporter. Over each utility's own record, City of Columbus improved most (297 to 141 minutes, -53%, 2017 to 2025) and City of Dover changed the other way (3 to 32, +1166%); 13 of 29 fell. Home price and outage minutes line up at r = +0.38 across 29 Ohio utilities: the pricier ones report more minutes. That is Ohio's pattern, not a cause.
Questions on Ohio outages
How uneven is reliability across Ohio utilities?
151.9 to 1, Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc against City of Bowling Green; rank 3 of 40 states.
Which Ohio utility has the fewest outage minutes?
City of Bowling Green: 8 minutes a year, SAIDI without major events, 2024.
Which Ohio utility has the most?
Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc: 1159 minutes a year in 2024.
What is the typical SAIDI in Ohio?
The median of 29 reporting utilities is 94 minutes, -6% on the U.S. median reporter.
Do cheaper Ohio utilities have more outages?
Across 29 utilities r = +0.38, so the link is positive: higher price goes with more outage minutes.
How much of Ohio outage time comes from storms?
At City of Dover 93% of all-event SAIDI is major event days.
How reliable is the largest Ohio utility?
Ohio Power Co serves 1,339,232 home accounts and reports 158 minutes, rank 23 of 29; weighted by customers the state figure is 133.
Do Ohio co-ops and investor-owned utilities differ?
3 owner types report in Ohio: Municipal 10 utilities with 199,228 home accounts, Cooperative 13 utilities with 291,844 home accounts, Investor Owned 6 utilities with 4,424,100 home accounts.
What share of Ohio home accounts do these utilities serve?
96% of 5,142,108 accounts, 29 of 36 utilities; 13 are above the U.S. median of 99 minutes.
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