OHIO — Thousands of residents across Ohio are without electricity Friday morning, according to the latest data from PowerOutage.us.
As of the most recent update, approximately 3,175 customers statewide are without power, representing about 0.06% of the more than 5.4 million customers tracked.
Cuyahoga County reported the highest number of outages, with 2,012 customers affected. Other counties with notable outages included Vinton County with 339 outages, Lorain County with 220 and Muskingum County with 153. Smaller numbers of outages were also reported in Gallia, Trumbull, Perry and Franklin counties.
By utility provider, Cleveland Public Power reported the largest number of outages, with 1,942 customers affected, or about 2.64% of its service area. FirstEnergy and American Electric Power Ohio each reported more than 400 outages, while Buckeye Rural Electric reported 343 outages.
Statewide, Ohio currently ranks among the top states in the nation for outages, with the third-highest number of outages and the fifth-highest percentage of customers affected.
Restoration efforts are ongoing, and customers are encouraged to report outages to their local utility providers.
