When will the power be back in Hilliard, OH?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Hilliard is a city of about 38,832 residents in Franklin County.
AEP Ohio has reported outages for Hilliard by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Hilliard 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 Hilliard:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Hilliard: the closest other places we track are Upper Arlington, about 5 miles to the east; Dublin, about 5 miles to the north; Worthington, about 8 miles to the northeast; and Columbus, about 10 miles to the east. Also nearby: Powell (10 mi NE), Grove City (13 mi S), Bexley (13 mi E), Westerville (14 mi NE), Whitehall (15 mi E), Gahanna (16 mi E), Marysville (17 mi NW) and London (18 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Delaware (18 mi); northeast toward Mount Vernon (43 mi); east toward Reynoldsburg (20 mi); southeast toward Canal Winchester (23 mi); south toward Circleville (32 mi); southwest toward Washington Court House (37 mi); west toward Urbana (32 mi); and northwest toward Bellefontaine (39 mi).
Who serves Hilliard?
We track live outage data from AEP Ohio, South Central Power ↗, FirstEnergy, The Energy Cooperative and 1 more in Franklin County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Columbus, City of Westerville and Village of Obetz also serve parts of Franklin County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. For the parent companies' combined pictures, see AEP outages across every state it serves and FirstEnergy outages across every state it serves.
Hilliard's last tracked outage began Sep 23, peaked at 37 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 23 — 37 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 23 — 971 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 12 — 42 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 8 — 27 customers out, restored in 3 hours
County context: across all of Franklin County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 8.5 hr. The full record for Franklin County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Hilliard, OH?
To check your own street, search a Hilliard ZIP code — 43026 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Hilliard specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Hilliard we have the city-level view: AEP Ohio has published outages for Hilliard under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When Hilliard is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Franklin County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Hilliard.
