When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Pickerington, OH?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Fairfield County, Ohio
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customers reported out in Pickerington · live from AEP Ohio (Columbus) · updated 10:14 PM EDT
Across the whole county (Fairfield, Ohio, all utilities): 4 reported out — a broader count from a different source; don't add it to the Pickerington figure above.
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How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.

Track current power outages in Pickerington, Ohio — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Pickerington is a city in Fairfield County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Pickerington directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Pickerington

Pickerington is a city of about 25,814 residents in Fairfield County.

AEP Ohio has reported outages for Pickerington by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-16) — so when Pickerington is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.

ZIP codes in Pickerington: 43147 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Pickerington: the closest other places we track are Canal Winchester, about 4 miles to the southwest; Reynoldsburg, about 5 miles to the north; Whitehall, about 8 miles to the northwest; Pataskala, about 9 miles to the north. Also nearby: Bexley (10 mi NW), Gahanna (11 mi NW), Columbus (13 mi NW), New Albany (14 mi N), Lancaster (14 mi SE), Grove City (16 mi W), Westerville (18 mi NW), Upper Arlington (19 mi NW). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Marion (52 mi); northeast toward Heath (20 mi); east toward Zanesville (40 mi); southeast toward Athens (53 mi); south toward Chillicothe (40 mi); southwest toward Circleville (21 mi); west toward London (36 mi); northwest toward Worthington (20 mi).

Who serves Pickerington?

We track live outage data from AEP Ohio, Butler Rural Electric Coop, South Central Power ↗ in Fairfield County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.

Recent outages tracked in Pickerington

Pickerington's last tracked outage began Aug 16, peaked at 685 customers out, and was restored in 4 hours.

  • Aug 16 — 685 customers out, restored in 4 hours
Tracked by this site's own monitoring of the serving utilities' live feeds (outages of 25+ customers; times are US Eastern). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.
Longer-term outage history — Fairfield County, OH (covers Pickerington)
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 955 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 14 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~3.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~21,843 customers out in July 2021, restored after about 1 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2018.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Pickerington, OH?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Pickerington area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.

How do I check the power outage status in Pickerington, OH?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Pickerington area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Pickerington ZIP code — 43147 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in Pickerington, OH?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Fairfield County include AEP Ohio, Butler Rural Electric Coop, South Central Power; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Does this page show Pickerington specifically, or the whole county?

Both, and for Pickerington we have the city-level view: AEP Ohio has published outages for Pickerington under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-16. When Pickerington is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Fairfield County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Pickerington.

How accurate is the restoration estimate?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.

Pickerington, OH — live power outage tracker