Power Outages in St. Clair County, MI
DTE Electric Company publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.7 hours.
St. Clair County, MI is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/michigan/st-clair-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in St. Clair County, MI". https://massoutage.com/michigan/st-clair-county
DTE Electric Company publishes no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~79,745 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: DTE Electric Company.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DTE Electric Company | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in St. Clair 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 (21)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48060 | 578 | ≤11 | 413 | ≤11 |
| 48059 | 259 | ≤11 | 174 | ≤11 |
| 48001 | 162 | ≤11 | 113 | ≤11 |
| 48040 | 137 | ≤11 | 100 | ≤11 |
| 48074 | 127 | ≤11 | 94 | ≤11 |
| 48079 | 116 | ≤11 | 78 | ≤11 |
| 48039 | 90 | ≤11 | 63 | ≤11 |
| 48054 | 88 | ≤11 | 57 | ≤11 |
| 48023 | 70 | ≤11 | 44 | 0 |
| 48014 | 64 | ≤11 | 47 | ≤11 |
| 48049 | 58 | ≤11 | 38 | ≤11 |
| 48097 | 52 | 0 | 33 | ≤11 |
| 48041 | 49 | ≤11 | 34 | 0 |
| 48064 | 44 | ≤11 | 29 | ≤11 |
| 48063 | 35 | ≤11 | 24 | 0 |
| 48022 | 34 | ≤11 | 26 | 0 |
| 48027 | 33 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 48002 | 33 | ≤11 | 20 | 0 |
| 48006 | 32 | ≤11 | 25 | ≤11 |
| 48032 | 19 | 0 | 13 | ≤11 |
| 48028 | 12 | 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 St. Clair County or any town and utility in it.
- Frost AdvisoryMINOR
St. Clair County has been under 2 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 17, 2026.
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- Frost Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in St. Clair County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in St. Clair County went about 3.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 30,637 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 2021 (peak 30,637 customers out) · decade average 11.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 456 | 7,710 | 9.5 |
| 2016 | 97 | 6,211 | 3.1 |
| 2017 | 379 | 5,213 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 570 | 25,132 | 13.4 |
| 2019 | 468 | 9,968 | 12.0 |
| 2020 | 541 | 11,064 | 10.5 |
| 2021 | 489 | 30,637 | 37.3 |
| 2022 | 505 | 15,385 | 6.2 |
| 2023 | 243 | 13,776 | 17.4 |
| 2024 | 341 | 3,071 | 4.7 |
| 2025 | 413 | 2,759 | 3.7 |
Cost of power in St. Clair County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for St. Clair 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.
- DTE Electric Company20.2¢2,078,315 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 High ice storms exposure · 11.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in St. Clair County: FAQ
- How often does St. Clair County, MI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, St. Clair County, MI logged 413 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in St. Clair County, MI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 30,637 customers without power, beginning September 22, 2021 and lasting about 7d 5h.
- Is there a power outage in St. Clair County, MI right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for St. Clair County, MI. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within St. Clair County.
48001, 48002, 48006, 48014, 48022, 48023, 48027, 48028, 48032, 48039, 48040, 48041, 48049, 48054, 48059, 48060, 48063, 48064, 48074, 48079, 48097
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| DTE Electric Company | 3.2 hrs | Live · total only | - |
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/26147 and /api/v1/counties/26147/history.