Ohio Power Co, OH
Ohio Power Co's outage record
Ohio Power Co customers in Ohio had 1.2 interruptions last year, 3.7 hours without power in total - above the typical US utility's outage time by about 1.3×. That is 7% more outage time than the Ohio state average of 3.4 hours a year.
How long a single Ohio Power Co outage runs
3 hours is this grid's average outage length - long enough that a standby generator, not a portable or battery unit, is the more realistic fit. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
Do Ohio Power Co customers need a generator
Serving 1,543,930 customers here, Ohio Power Co customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
How Ohio Power Co's record was measured
Ohio Power Co filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Ohio territory, serving 1,543,930 customers here, not a single street or outage. See Ohio as a whole, across every utility that filed: Ohio's outage record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.