IOU · Ohio · EIA 14006
Ohio Power Co
IOU · Ohio · 792K customers. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, reliability for 2023 shows SAIDI 326 minutes/customer.
Reliability verdict
Ohio Power Co shows near-benchmark chronic reliability in 2023: 148 minutes SAIDI excluding major events (326 minutes including them) across 792K customers.
- 326 min
- SAIDI 2023
- 1.24
- SAIFI 2023
- 148 min
- SAIDI ex-MED
- 792K
- Customers
Chronic reliability judged on SAIDI excluding major event days when reported (IEEE 1366). Source: EIA Form 861 · August 2026.
Signature read: long interruption minutes vs the 911 utility cohort (>258 min tercile cut).
What long-outage Ohio Power Co filings show
Ohio Power Co is an investor-owned utility operating in Ohio under EIA identifier 14006. It reports service to approximately 791,647 customer accounts and generated about $1.98 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 446 ZIP codes. As an investor-owned utility, it operates under state public utility commission oversight that reviews rate cases and reliability performance.
In 2023, the average Ohio Power Co customer experienced 326.1 minutes of power interruptions, the industry-standard SAIDI metric (System Average Interruption Duration Index). Excluding major weather events from that total, that falls inside the typical 120–180 minute national benchmark, in line with what most U.S. distribution utilities report. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 1.24 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 147.6 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 326.1 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
Ohio Power Co has 4 years of continuous EIA reporting on file (2020–2023), enough to read a real trend rather than a single-year snapshot. SAIDI has increased from 254.6 to 326.1 minutes, which may reflect either worsening weather exposure or delayed grid modernization.
Based on this utility's own EIA Form 861 reliability record -- baseline (major-event- excluded) outage duration, total outage duration, and outage frequency -- each benchmarked against every reporting utility nationwide. Not a measure of electricity rates or customer service, which this portal does not track.
326 min/year per customer
Power-out minutes per year (2023)
SAIDI by year (2020-2023)
Minutes per customer-year · EIA Form 861
Year-by-year SAIDI for Ohio Power Co from the same EIA filings as the table below. Lower is better; major-event years can spike the headline figure.
Ohio Power Co SAIDI trend
Ohio Power Co vs the nationwide SAIDI distribution
Where this utility's headline SAIDI sits among every EIA Form 861 utility with a reported figure
326 Around the middle fewer outage minutes than 28% of 911 utilities
Utilities nationwide, banded by latest reported SAIDI (minutes)
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Source U.S. EIA Form 861 reliability filings · August 2026
Price vs. reliability
Where Ohio Power Co sits on price vs. reliability
Among the 781 U.S. utilities large enough to report both revenue per customer and a recent outage record, Ohio Power Co charges more per customer than 48% of them, and is more reliable (lower SAIDI) than 31% of them, placing it in the quadrant where it pays less and is less reliable. Revenue per customer and outage minutes are independent figures: paying more does not guarantee fewer outages.
Revenue per customer: $2,506/year · Latest SAIDI: 326.1 minutes/year.
SAIDI 2023 breakdown: 326.1 minutes
Reliability Trend (2020–2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 254.6 | 166.8 | 1.429 | 1,499,447 |
| 2021 | 231.0 | 171.4 | 1.364 | 1,509,795 |
| 2022 | 595.3 | 179.4 | 1.736 | 1,518,267 |
| 2023 | 326.1 | 147.6 | 1.236 | 1,524,255 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Service Area
Ohio Power Co serves 446 ZIP codes in Ohio.
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is Ohio Power Co?
Ohio Power Co had a SAIDI of 326.1 minutes in 2023 including major weather events, but 147.6 minutes excluding them (the industry-standard measure of routine reliability, so the gap traces back to a major storm that year, not a chronic issue). Leaving aside major weather events, that figure sits close to the national average.
What type of utility is Ohio Power Co?
Ohio Power Co is classified as a IOU serving Ohio.
How many customers does Ohio Power Co serve?
Ohio Power Co serves approximately 791,647 customers in Ohio.
How has Ohio Power Co's reliability changed over time?
Ohio Power Co has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). This utility's SAIDI has stayed fairly flat over the period. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Utility Profile
- Type
- IOU
- State
- Ohio
- Customers
- 791,647
- Annual Revenue
- $1.98B
- EIA ID
- 14006
Explore
Utilities with similar EIA profiles
Two cross-state peer sets for Ohio Power Co. Same-state SAIDI neighbors stay in Read-with below; these neighborhoods are nearest other-state utilities with at least 10,000 reported customers.
Similar customer count
Nearest utilities by Form 861 customers (792K here), outside Ohio.
Similar chronic SAIDI
Nearest utilities by latest SAIDI minutes (326.1 here), outside Ohio, excluding the customer-peer set.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration Form 861 annual electric power industry survey · ZIP service territory: OpenEI. Disclaimer: informational only, not professional advice. See full disclaimer · methodology.