2015 Wisconsin Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average Wisconsin customer went without power for about 1.5 hours, the 38th worst of 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

1.5

vs prior year

no earlier year loaded

Customer-hours out

4.5M

Peak customers out

54,298

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

n/a

of WI customers

Counties reporting

Wisconsin year over year

Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2015

Customer-hours without power across Wisconsin; August was the worst.

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All 71 Wisconsin counties, 2015

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#	County	Hrs / customer	Customer-hours	Customers	Peak out	Events
1	Vilas County	25.2	234K	9,284	5,438	475
2	Grant County	18.0	134K	7,428	7,417	397
3	Oneida County	10.4	232K	22,258	8,983	676
4	Door County	9.1	241K	26,534	13,409	267
5	Forest County	6.8	43K	6,340	2,009	298
6	Marinette County	6.1	183K	29,899	11,427	631
7	Lincoln County	6.1	96K	15,797	3,948	351
8	Langlade County	5.8	81K	14,062	3,594	436
9	Florence County	5.5	16K	2,842	1,136	85
10	Menominee County	4.6	19K	4,260	2,050	152
11	Iron County	4.1	8,603	2,123	2,123	107
12	Iowa County	3.5	32K	9,067	1,113	596
13	Monroe County	3.5	63K	18,029	6,021	337
14	Crawford County	3.3	18K	5,637	2,194	254
15	Lafayette County	3.0	12K	4,085	623	246
16	Oconto County	2.8	74K	26,761	5,087	324
17	Ashland County	2.7	17K	6,345	2,983	132
18	Sheboygan County	2.6	66K	25,546	4,028	566
19	Walworth County	2.5	116K	45,649	4,277	683
20	Calumet County	2.4	43K	17,941	3,519	229
21	Waupaca County	2.3	55K	23,619	3,172	412
22	Dodge County	2.2	66K	29,757	4,596	548
23	Sawyer County	2.1	28K	13,024	2,504	182
24	Waukesha County	2.1	297K	143,177	6,612	441
25	Jefferson County	2.0	69K	34,512	5,251	299
26	Washington County	2.0	68K	34,303	3,813	256
27	Portage County	1.9	53K	27,174	3,376	472
28	Buffalo County	1.9	12K	5,936	953	76
29	Bayfield County	1.9	12K	6,473	872	161
30	Rock County	1.8	100K	56,401	9,902	751
31	Green County	1.7	23K	13,290	1,069	512
32	Pierce County	1.7	29K	16,786	1,563	170
33	Chippewa County	1.7	53K	31,538	5,957	284
34	Clark County	1.7	27K	15,996	1,751	173
35	Ozaukee County	1.6	56K	34,422	2,766	231
36	Barron County	1.6	46K	29,231	1,362	231
37	Pepin County	1.6	6,089	3,918	1,737	54
38	Kenosha County	1.4	144K	105,140	6,598	438
39	Winnebago County	1.3	100K	74,573	6,499	571
40	Wood County	1.3	60K	46,818	2,838	555
41	Outagamie County	1.3	75K	58,508	5,780	334
42	Richland County	1.2	9,290	8,020	1,143	191
43	Brown County	1.1	223K	201,743	7,340	804
44	Kewaunee County	1.1	15K	14,371	1,394	188
45	Marathon County	1.0	82K	80,598	4,951	632
46	Marquette County	0.9	8,038	8,847	1,124	211
47	Milwaukee County	0.9	532K	594,641	14,059	663
48	Racine County	0.8	95K	115,015	4,905	391
49	Waushara County	0.8	17K	21,071	1,079	352
50	La Crosse County	0.8	29K	37,410	2,343	384
51	Manitowoc County	0.8	37K	47,882	3,007	312
52	Shawano County	0.8	24K	31,418	1,343	302
53	Adams County	0.7	16K	20,787	1,204	141
54	Juneau County	0.7	11K	15,444	592	316
55	Vernon County	0.7	9,156	12,813	805	180
56	Green Lake County	0.7	12K	16,499	1,120	345
57	Trempealeau County	0.7	9,815	14,810	796	100
58	Sauk County	0.7	40K	60,955	1,316	658
59	Dunn County	0.6	15K	24,888	577	235
60	Columbia County	0.6	32K	53,762	1,517	627
61	Fond du Lac County	0.6	51K	89,727	3,130	534
62	Washburn County	0.5	4,478	8,409	444	87
63	Eau Claire County	0.5	26K	55,392	4,391	351
64	Polk County	0.4	14K	33,361	1,032	196
65	Douglas County	0.4	11K	29,088	1,402	75
66	Rusk County	0.4	3,670	10,344	613	103
67	Dane County	0.3	101K	295,516	2,874	933
68	Price County	0.2	2,398	10,185	658	88
69	Taylor County	0.1	1,073	12,558	197	48
70	Jackson County	0.0	241	14,991	19	41
71	St. Croix County	0.0	2	31,550	1	3

Biggest Wisconsin outages of 2015

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

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#	County	Started (UTC)	Ended (UTC)	Duration	Peak out	Customer-hours
1	Milwaukee County, WI	June 22, 2015 12:15	June 24, 2015 03:45	1d 15h	14,059	61K
2	Milwaukee County, WI	August 12, 2015 17:15	August 12, 2015 20:15	3h	13,550	3,401
3	Door County, WI	August 2, 2015 16:00	August 4, 2015 03:15	1d 11h	13,409	199K
4	Milwaukee County, WI	August 14, 2015 20:15	August 16, 2015 06:15	1d 10h	12,395	63K
5	Milwaukee County, WI	December 19, 2015 16:00	December 20, 2015 02:30	10h 30m	12,303	3,138
6	Marinette County, WI	February 14, 2015 15:00	February 14, 2015 22:30	7h 30m	11,427	15K
7	Marinette County, WI	February 12, 2015 16:15	February 12, 2015 17:45	1h 30m	11,170	17K
8	Marinette County, WI	February 16, 2015 17:00	February 16, 2015 18:00	1h	11,170	6,826
9	Marinette County, WI	February 17, 2015 15:15	February 17, 2015 15:30	15m	11,170	2,793
10	Marinette County, WI	February 18, 2015 20:15	February 18, 2015 20:30	15m	11,170	2,793
11	Marinette County, WI	February 19, 2015 18:45	February 19, 2015 19:15	30m	11,117	5,559
12	Rock County, WI	April 15, 2015 14:30	April 16, 2015 00:30	10h	9,902	15K
13	Oneida County, WI	January 26, 2015 18:15	January 26, 2015 20:15	2h	8,983	4,493
14	Oneida County, WI	February 12, 2015 14:30	February 12, 2015 16:15	1h 45m	8,166	2,048
15	Oneida County, WI	February 14, 2015 11:30	February 14, 2015 19:45	8h 15m	8,162	2,231
16	Oneida County, WI	February 16, 2015 17:30	February 16, 2015 17:45	15m	8,162	2,041
17	Oneida County, WI	February 17, 2015 15:00	February 17, 2015 15:30	30m	8,162	2,044
18	Oneida County, WI	January 20, 2015 17:45	January 20, 2015 18:00	15m	8,145	2,036
19	Oneida County, WI	November 18, 2015 15:45	November 20, 2015 07:45	1d 16h	7,801	25K
20	Grant County, WI	June 22, 2015 13:45	June 25, 2015 19:15	3d 5h	7,417	123K
21	Brown County, WI	February 21, 2015 16:45	February 21, 2015 23:45	7h	7,340	4,111
22	Milwaukee County, WI	July 13, 2015 08:30	July 15, 2015 03:15	1d 18h	7,103	67K
23	Brown County, WI	February 17, 2015 10:15	February 17, 2015 15:30	5h 15m	6,878	5,127
24	Waukesha County, WI	June 22, 2015 15:15	June 24, 2015 04:00	1d 12h	6,612	40K
25	Brown County, WI	August 14, 2015 21:30	August 16, 2015 03:00	1d 5h	6,604	64K

EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Wisconsin's electricity customers in 2015; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.

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Other states in 2015:WV WA MI NC RI LA OK NJ

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.