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2016 Van Buren County, MI Power Outage Report
In 2016, customers in Van Buren County, MI went without power for an average of 9.4 hours, a total of 178K customer-hours (Michigan average 2.0 hours). That ranks 6th worst of 80 Michigan counties and 376th of 2,391 nationally.
Compared with MI, the US and 2015
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Michigan customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Van Buren County, 2016
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 20, 2016 16:15 | July 25, 2016 17:15 | 5d 1h | 2,520 | 14K |
| 2 | April 14, 2016 08:15 | April 14, 2016 09:15 | 1h | 2,387 | 2,387 |
| 3 | February 24, 2016 21:00 | February 26, 2016 21:00 | 2d | 2,100 | 24K |
| 4 | June 16, 2016 00:30 | June 20, 2016 23:15 | 4d 22h | 1,915 | 12K |
| 5 | July 18, 2016 05:15 | July 18, 2016 22:15 | 17h | 1,821 | 20K |
| 6 | May 26, 2016 02:00 | May 26, 2016 23:30 | 21h 30m | 1,712 | 7,478 |
| 7 | March 22, 2016 20:15 | March 22, 2016 22:30 | 2h 15m | 1,441 | 2,975 |
| 8 | October 22, 2016 07:30 | October 22, 2016 12:00 | 4h 30m | 1,306 | 5,529 |
| 9 | October 23, 2016 07:30 | October 23, 2016 10:15 | 2h 45m | 1,306 | 3,265 |
| 10 | March 16, 2016 14:15 | March 17, 2016 23:30 | 1d 9h | 1,205 | 8,462 |
Outage episodes by size in 2016: 63 reached 100+ customers, 11 reached 1,000+ customers, 0 reached 10,000+ customers.
Utility reliability filed with the EIA
SAIDI (average outage time per customer) and SAIFI (average interruptions per customer) that utilities serving Van Buren County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2016, or their most recent earlier filing. Utility-wide figures, not county-specific.
| Utility | EIA year | SAIDI | SAIFI | SAIDI excl. major events | SAIFI excl. major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumers Energy Co - (MI) | 2016 | 4.7 hrs | 1.15 | 3.5 hrs | 1.01 |
| Indiana Michigan Power Co | 2016 | 6.8 hrs | 1.48 | 4.4 hrs | 1.33 |
| Midwest Energy Cooperative - (MI) | 2014 | 9.8 hrs | 2.23 | 4.9 hrs | 1.87 |
| City of South Haven - (MI) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Village of Paw Paw - (MI) | - | - | - | - | - |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Michigan's customers in 2016; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 18,916 customers (ORNL modeled county customer count), including major storm days. It is comparable across counties but is not the SAIDI a utility files.
- An outage event is a continuous stretch with customers out; counts at 100, 1,000 and 10,000+ use its peak.
- Years loaded: 2015–2025. Van Buren County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Van Buren County, MI annual power outage report, 2016, data as of Oct 3, 2026 02:41 UTC, sources: DOE EAGLE-I (https://eagle-i.doe.gov/); EAGLE-I modeled customer counts (MCC) (https://figshare.com/); EIA Form 861 (utility reliability) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/). https://massoutage.com/reports/2016/michigan/van-buren-county