When will the power be back in New Franklin, OH?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
New Franklin is a city of about 13,859 residents in Summit County.
FirstEnergy has reported outages for New Franklin by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when New Franklin is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
Around New Franklin: the closest other places we track are Barberton, about 4 miles to the north; Green, about 6 miles to the east; Norton, about 6 miles to the northwest; and Wadsworth, about 9 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Akron (9 mi N), North Canton (11 mi SE), Massillon (12 mi S), Tallmadge (13 mi NE), Cuyahoga Falls (15 mi N), Canton (15 mi SE), Stow (17 mi NE) and Kent (18 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Hudson (21 mi); northeast toward Ravenna (23 mi); east toward Alliance (24 mi); south toward Dover (30 mi); southwest toward Wooster (20 mi); west toward Ashland (39 mi); and northwest toward Medina (20 mi).
Who serves New Franklin?
We track live outage data from FirstEnergy and AEP Ohio in Summit County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Hudson and City of Cuyahoga Falls also serve parts of Summit 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.
New Franklin's last tracked outage began Sep 27, peaked at 328 customers out, and was restored in 8 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.
- Sep 27 — 328 customers out, restored in 8 hours
- Sep 22 — 81 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 13 — 38 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 12 — 384 customers out, restored in 4 hours
County context: across all of Summit County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.5 hr. The full record for Summit County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in New Franklin, 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 New Franklin's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
