When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Ottawa County, OH?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Ottawa County, OH right now.
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Elsewhere in Ohio: 1,218 customers reported out — statewide status.
Updated 11:31 PM EDT.
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Who serves Ottawa County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include FirstEnergy and Ohio's Electric Cooperatives ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Village of Oak Harbor, Village of Genoa and Village of Elmore also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider. For the parent company's combined picture, see FirstEnergy outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Ottawa County, OH
Last significant outage: Sep 22, 2026 — peaked at 276 customers, restored in ~1.2 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 12 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 1.4 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 3, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Ottawa County, OH
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 351 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 6 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is shorter than the Ohio norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3.3 hr.
Largest on record: ~23,967 customers out in July 2023, restored after about 1.8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2025.
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.
Communities covered

Communities in Ottawa County include Port Clinton, Oak Harbor, Genoa, Elmore, Marblehead, Rocky Ridge, Clay Center and Put-in-Bay. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Ottawa County, OH?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Ottawa include FirstEnergy, Ohio's Electric Cooperatives, Village of Oak Harbor and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

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