Power Outages in Kent County, MI
Is there a power outage in Kent County, MI right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 17:00 UTC, about 81 customers are without power in Kent County, MI across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for City of Lowell - (MI), so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Kent County, MI is served by 3 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.7 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/michigan/kent-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 17:00 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Kent County, MI", live data as of October 19, 2026 17:00 UTC. https://massoutage.com/michigan/kent-county
Not counted: no live feed for City of Lowell - (MI).
Report an outage in Kent County, MI
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Consumers Energy Co - (MI), Great Lakes Energy Coop and City of Lowell - (MI); check your electric bill or the utility's website.
0.4%of this county's ~468,567 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Lowell - (MI). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
Only visible while reporting outages: Consumers Energy Co - (MI). Zero here is not a confirmed all-clear.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Energy Coop | Live · county | 0 | 1,705 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Consumers Energy Co - (MI) | Outages only | 81 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Lowell - (MI) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Great Lakes Energy Coop 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 Kent 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 (28)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49504 | 359 | ≤11 | 216 | ≤11 |
| 49508 | 338 | 13 | 193 | ≤11 |
| 49341 | 311 | ≤11 | 185 | ≤11 |
| 49546 | 304 | ≤11 | 176 | 0 |
| 49505 | 282 | ≤11 | 174 | ≤11 |
| 49548 | 278 | ≤11 | 190 | ≤11 |
| 49418 | 239 | ≤11 | 157 | ≤11 |
| 49525 | 223 | ≤11 | 148 | ≤11 |
| 49503 | 213 | ≤11 | 133 | ≤11 |
| 49509 | 212 | ≤11 | 137 | ≤11 |
| 49507 | 209 | ≤11 | 120 | ≤11 |
| 49506 | 205 | ≤11 | 114 | ≤11 |
| 49315 | 204 | ≤11 | 111 | 0 |
| 49519 | 203 | ≤11 | 125 | ≤11 |
| 49534 | 195 | ≤11 | 129 | 0 |
| 49319 | 186 | ≤11 | 131 | ≤11 |
| 49316 | 157 | 0 | 96 | ≤11 |
| 49331 | 156 | ≤11 | 100 | ≤11 |
| 49345 | 148 | ≤11 | 103 | 0 |
| 49321 | 143 | ≤11 | 84 | ≤11 |
| 49512 | 125 | ≤11 | 73 | ≤11 |
| 49306 | 121 | ≤11 | 73 | ≤11 |
| 49301 | 112 | ≤11 | 57 | 0 |
| 49544 | 76 | ≤11 | 53 | ≤11 |
| 49302 | 66 | ≤11 | 49 | 0 |
| 49343 | 58 | ≤11 | 43 | ≤11 |
| 49330 | 56 | ≤11 | 43 | 0 |
| 49326 | 48 | ≤11 | 32 | ≤11 |
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 Kent County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Kent County right now.
Kent County has been under 2 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Freeze Warning ×2
Latest Kent County, MI outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 34m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,015 customers out (0.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 50m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 23, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 528 customers out (0.1% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Kent 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 Kent Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Kent County went about 3.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 110,606 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 3.7 hrs.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 96,039 customers out) · decade average 6.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 838 | 21,960 | 3.6 |
| 2016 | 524 | 8,748 | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 649 | 110,606 | 7.0 |
| 2018 | 617 | 23,492 | 3.8 |
| 2019 | 719 | 96,039 | 20.6 |
| 2020 | 755 | 30,374 | 5.1 |
| 2021 | 692 | 49,089 | 6.9 |
| 2022 | 641 | 31,712 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 778 | 62,764 | 9.1 |
| 2024 | 754 | 46,535 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 726 | 24,324 | 3.7 |
Cost of power in Kent County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Kent 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.
- Consumers Energy Co - (MI)20.7¢1,662,741 cust
- Great Lakes Energy Coop20.3¢123,277 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Very High high winds exposure · 6.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Kent County: FAQ
- How often does Kent County, MI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Kent County, MI logged 726 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Kent County, MI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 110,606 customers without power, beginning July 7, 2017 and lasting about 4d 22h.
- Is there a power outage in Kent County, MI right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 17:00 UTC, about 81 customers are without power in Kent County, MI across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for City of Lowell - (MI), so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Kent County, MI?
- Tracked electric providers include Consumers Energy Co - (MI), Great Lakes Energy Coop.
Grand Rapids, Wyoming, Kentwood. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Kent County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Kent County.
49301, 49302, 49306, 49315, 49316, 49319, 49321, 49326, 49330, 49331, 49341, 49343, 49345, 49418, 49503, 49504, 49505, 49506, 49507, 49508, 49509, 49512, 49519, 49525, 49544, 49546, 49548
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Kent County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Michigan →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumers Energy Co - (MI) | 13.7 hrs | Outages only | - |
| Great Lakes Energy Coop | 73.3 hrs | Live · county | - |
| City of Lowell - (MI) | - | No live feed | - |
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/26081 and /api/v1/counties/26081/history. Live data as of .