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Power Outages in Mason County, MI

Is there a power outage in Mason County, MI right now? None reported. As of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Great Lakes Energy Coop in Mason County, MI. Consumers Energy Co - (MI) has not reported outages here, but it only publishes active outages, so that isn't a confirmed all-clear. There is no live feed for Wolverine Power Supply Coop.

Mason County, MI is served by 3 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.8 hours.

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No outages reported

No active outages are reported by Great Lakes Energy Coop in Mason County.

Consumers Energy Co - (MI) only appearsin feeds while reporting outages, so no report isn't a confirmed all-clear.

No live feed for Wolverine Power Supply Coop: outages in itsservice area won't show here.

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No outage contact on file for Consumers Energy Co - (MI), Great Lakes Energy Coop and Wolverine Power Supply Coop; check your electric bill or the utility's website.

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Live status by utility · Mason County

31%of this county's ~24,165 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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We can't see outages for: Wolverine Power Supply Coop. 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.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Great Lakes Energy CoopLive · county07,5730.0%---
Consumers Energy Co - (MI)Outages onlynone reported------
Wolverine Power Supply CoopNo live feedcan'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, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Mason 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.

Power-dependent
505
Oxygen service
145
Dialysis (facility)
58
Home health / hospice
128
By ZIP code (7)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
49431281≤11213≤11
4945458≤1146≤11
4940245≤1138≤11
4941035≤11340
49405250230
4941121≤11150
49458≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Mason County, MI

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Mason County or any town and utility in it.

◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

No active NWS alerts for Mason County right now.

Recent NWS alert activity · Mason County

Mason County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Beach Hazards Statement on October 1, 2026.

  • Beach Hazards Statement ×9
  • Special Weather Statement ×1
Outage trend · Mason County, MI
0customers out · peak 6
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 16:40 UTC
Mason County, MI: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 6 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 19, 2026 16:40 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.02466 PMOct 196 AM12 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Mason County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Mason County went about 8.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 11,073 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 8.8 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Mason County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 2.7h, 2016 2.2h, 2017 3.8h, 2018 15.5h, 2019 15.6h, 2020 6.1h, 2021 22.5h, 2022 5.8h, 2023 4.8h, 2024 5.2h, 2025 8.8h. Highlighted: 2021.01020302.7h20152.2h20163.8h201715.5h201815.6h20196.1h202022.5h20215.8h20224.8h20235.2h20248.8h2025
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Worst year here was 2021 (peak 11,073 customers out) · decade average 8.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20155731,0332.7
20164373,2012.2
20174879,0793.8
20185817,52515.5
20196995,19515.6
20207222,7976.1
202148511,07322.5
20225112,6905.8
20234586,2404.8
20245033,4745.2
20254984,1848.8

Cost of power in Mason County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Mason 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.

20.5¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 38% since 2015
vs Michigan avg 23.1¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
August 11, 202111,0736d
April 20, 20179,07912h
August 28, 20187,5254d 21h
July 28, 20236,2409h 15m
June 1, 20195,1951d 11h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Relatively High winter weather exposure · 8.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Strong windRelatively Moderate

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Mason County: FAQ

How often does Mason County, MI lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Mason County, MI logged 498 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 8.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Mason County, MI?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 11,073 customers without power, beginning August 11, 2021 and lasting about 6d.
Is there a power outage in Mason County, MI right now?
None reported. As of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Great Lakes Energy Coop in Mason County, MI. Consumers Energy Co - (MI) has not reported outages here, but it only publishes active outages, so that isn't a confirmed all-clear. There is no live feed for Wolverine Power Supply Coop.
Which utilities serve Mason County, MI?
Tracked electric providers include Consumers Energy Co - (MI), Great Lakes Energy Coop.
ZIP codes in Mason County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Mason County.

49405, 49410, 49411, 49431, 49454, 49458

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 Mason County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Michigan →

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Consumers Energy Co - (MI)13.7 hrsOutages only-
Great Lakes Energy Coop73.3 hrsLive · county-
Wolverine Power Supply Coop-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/26105 and /api/v1/counties/26105/history.