When will the power be back in Newark, OH?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Newark is a city of about 51,424 residents in Licking County.
AEP Ohio has reported outages for Newark by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Newark 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 Newark:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Newark: the closest other places we track are Heath, about 3 miles to the south; Pataskala, about 16 miles to the west; New Albany, about 18 miles to the west; and Reynoldsburg, about 21 miles to the west. Also nearby: Mount Vernon (22 mi N), Pickerington (22 mi SW), Zanesville (23 mi E), Gahanna (23 mi W), Whitehall (25 mi W), Lancaster (26 mi S), Canal Winchester (26 mi SW) and Westerville (26 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Mansfield (48 mi); northeast toward Coshocton (33 mi); east toward Cambridge (44 mi); southeast toward Marietta (69 mi); south toward Athens (54 mi); southwest toward Circleville (42 mi); west toward Bexley (28 mi); and northwest toward Delaware (37 mi).
Who serves Newark?
We track live outage data from AEP Ohio, The Energy Cooperative, South Central Power ↗ and Ohio's Electric Cooperatives ↗ in Licking County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.
Newark's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 899 customers out, and was restored in 50 minutes. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 2 — 899 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Sep 30 — 137 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Sep 16 — 369 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 10 — 40 customers out, restored in 3 hours
County context: across all of Licking County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3 hr. The full record for Licking County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Newark, OH?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Newark's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Newark, OH?
To check your own street, search a Newark ZIP code — 43055, 43058 or 43093 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Newark specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Newark we have the city-level view: AEP Ohio has published outages for Newark under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Newark is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Licking County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Newark.
