Power Outages in Chippewa County, MI
As of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC, about 53 customers are without power in Chippewa County, MI across 1 reported incident. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.1 hours.
Chippewa County, MI is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/michigan/chippewa-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Chippewa County, MI", live data as of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/michigan/chippewa-county
92%of this county's ~25,516 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloverland Electric Co-op | Live · county | 53 | 23,378 | 0.2% | - | - | - |
Cloverland Electric Co-op reportsevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Chippewa Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (14)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49783 | 202 | ≤11 | 169 | ≤11 |
| 49788 | 40 | 0 | 31 | ≤11 |
| 49715 | 31 | ≤11 | 24 | ≤11 |
| 49780 | 26 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 49774 | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 49726 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 49725 | 12 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 49768 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 49752 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 49748 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 49736 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 49728 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 49724 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 49710 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Chippewa County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Chippewa County right now.
Chippewa County has been under 17 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 12, 2026.
- Frost Advisory ×6
- Special Weather Statement ×6
- Beach Hazards Statement ×4
- Dense Fog Advisory ×1
Latest Chippewa County, MI outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 25m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 424 customers out (1.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 30m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,037 customers out (3.2% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Chippewa County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Chippewa Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Chippewa County went about 7.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 10,448 customers.
The US EIA reports Michigan utilities averaged 10.1 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 7.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 9,035 customers out) · decade average 7.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 10,448 | 2.5 |
| 2020 | 739 | 9,035 | 15.2 |
| 2021 | 680 | 5,741 | 9.0 |
| 2022 | 669 | 4,027 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 645 | 2,374 | 4.2 |
| 2024 | 732 | 9,460 | 6.5 |
| 2025 | 679 | 5,442 | 7.1 |
Cost of power in Chippewa County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Chippewa County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Cloverland Electric Co-op14.3¢36,144 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Relatively Low wildfire exposure · 7.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Chippewa County: FAQ
- How often does Chippewa County, MI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Chippewa County, MI logged 679 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Chippewa County, MI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 10,448 customers without power, beginning December 30, 2019 and lasting about 5h 45m.
- Is there a power outage in Chippewa County, MI right now?
- Yes, about 53 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Chippewa County, MI?
- Tracked electric providers include Cloverland Electric Co-op.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Chippewa County.
49710, 49715, 49724, 49725, 49726, 49728, 49736, 49748, 49752, 49768, 49774, 49780, 49783, 49784, 49788, 49793
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloverland Electric Co-op | 17.0 hrs | Live · county | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Michigan customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/26033 and /api/v1/counties/26033/history. Live data as of .