Ohio Edison Co, OH
Power reliability at Ohio Edison Co
Ohio Edison Co customers in Ohio had 1.5 interruptions last year, 4.1 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.4×. That is 19% more outage time than the Ohio state average of 3.4 hours a year.
How long a single Ohio Edison Co outage runs
Outages here average 2.7 hours before power returns, a moderate length where a portable generator earns its keep over battery storage alone. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 1,067,297 customers here, Given how often Ohio Edison Co goes out, you should consider a backup generator rather than treat it as optional.
How Ohio Edison Co's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report an investor-owned utility like Ohio Edison Co files with federal regulators every year - serving 1,067,297 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in Ohio is covered too: see Ohio's full record. One big storm can move a single year a lot; major event days explains how.