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

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Putnam 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 Putnam County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include AEP Ohio, Ohio's Electric Cooperatives ↗ and FirstEnergy, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider. For the parent companies' combined pictures, see AEP outages across every state it serves and FirstEnergy outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Putnam County, OH

Last significant outage: Sep 5, 2026 — peaked at 1,078 customers, restored in ~11.8 hr (wind/storm).

Across the 5 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3.3 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 31, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Putnam County, OH

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 133 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~2.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.

That is shorter than the Ohio norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3.3 hr.

Largest on record: ~2,987 customers out in September 2018, restored after about 48 min. 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 Putnam County include Ottawa, Leipsic, Columbus Grove, Kalida, Pandora, Continental, Glandorf and Ottoville. 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 Putnam County, OH?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Putnam include AEP Ohio, Ohio's Electric Cooperatives and FirstEnergy — 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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