When will the power be back in Portsmouth, OH?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Portsmouth is a city of about 17,489 residents in Scioto County.
AEP Ohio has reported outages for Portsmouth by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-07-27) — so when Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Portsmouth: the closest other places we track are Ironton, about 21 miles to the southeast; Ashland, KY, about 26 miles to the southeast; Huntington, WV, about 36 miles to the southeast; and Chillicothe, about 41 miles to the north. Also nearby: Circleville (59 mi N); Washington Court House (60 mi NW); Athens (60 mi NE); St. Albans, WV (66 mi SE); Wilmington (66 mi NW); Lancaster (70 mi N); South Charleston, WV (72 mi SE); and Canal Winchester (76 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Grove City (77 mi); northeast toward Parkersburg, WV (83 mi); east toward Charleston, WV (76 mi); southwest toward Paris, KY (81 mi); west toward Alexandria, KY (79 mi); and northwest toward Loveland (80 mi).
Who serves Portsmouth?
We track live outage data from AEP Ohio, Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative, South Central Power ↗ and Ohio's Electric Cooperatives ↗ in Scioto 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.
Portsmouth's last tracked outage began Sep 27, peaked at 36 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 27 — 36 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 21 — 43 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 10 — 43 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 9 — 45 customers out, restored in 6 hours
County context: across all of Scioto County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.3 hr. The full record for Scioto County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Portsmouth, 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 Portsmouth's own record: across the 6 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 Portsmouth, OH?
To check your own street, search a Portsmouth ZIP code — 45662 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Portsmouth specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Portsmouth we have the city-level view: AEP Ohio has published outages for Portsmouth under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-07-27. When Portsmouth is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Scioto County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Portsmouth.
