When will the power be back in Van Wert County, OH?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Van Wert 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 Van Wert County?

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

Outage history — Van Wert County, OH

Last significant outage: Aug 12, 2026 — peaked at 1,129 customers, restored in ~3.2 hr (weather alert).

Across the 2 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 1.9 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 23, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Van Wert County, OH

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 148 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 fall.

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

Largest on record: ~6,307 customers out in August 2022, restored after about 3 hr.

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.

Cities we track in Van Wert County

Van Wert

Communities in Van Wert County include Convoy, Ohio City, Middle Point, Willshire, Scott, Wren, Venedocia and Elgin. 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 Van Wert County, OH?

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