Power Outages in Alpena County, MI
No live outage feed is available for Alpena County, MI yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 51.7 hours.
Alpena County, MI is served by local tracked utilities.
Alpena County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Alpena County has been under 15 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Air Quality Alert on July 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×8
- Air Quality Alert ×6
- Flood Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Alpena County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Alpena County went about 51.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,528 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 3,528 customers out) · decade average 5.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11 | 62 | 0.1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 51 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 56 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 12 | 54 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 14 | 195 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 201 | 2,060 | 1.9 |
| 2021 | 191 | 1,345 | 4.4 |
| 2022 | 212 | 1,547 | 2.7 |
| 2023 | 187 | 154 | 0.4 |
| 2024 | 191 | 1,927 | 3.7 |
| 2025 | 208 | 3,528 | 51.7 |
Very Low hurricanes exposure · 5.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Alpena County: FAQ
- How often does Alpena County, MI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Alpena County, MI logged 208 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 51.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Alpena County, MI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,528 customers without power, beginning March 29, 2025 and lasting about 23d 17h.
- Is there a power outage in Alpena County, MI right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Alpena County, MI. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Alpena County.
49707, 49744, 49753, 49766
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/26007 and /api/v1/counties/26007/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Michigan customers).