2016 Wisconsin Power Outage Report
In 2016, the average Wisconsin customer went without power for about 1.9 hours, the 34th worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
1.9
vs prior year
▲ 29%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
5.8M
Peak customers out
63,253
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of WI customers
Counties reporting
70
Wisconsin year over year
All 70 Wisconsin counties, 2016
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vilas County | 69.6 | 646K | 9,284 | 9,284 | 568 |
| 2 | Oneida County | 35.0 | 780K | 22,258 | 16,782 | 660 |
| 3 | Bayfield County | 12.8 | 83K | 6,473 | 5,170 | 120 |
| 4 | Iron County | 11.5 | 24K | 2,123 | 2,123 | 88 |
| 5 | Lincoln County | 10.8 | 171K | 15,797 | 7,494 | 324 |
| 6 | Ashland County | 10.3 | 65K | 6,345 | 3,489 | 144 |
| 7 | Forest County | 9.6 | 61K | 6,340 | 2,034 | 187 |
| 8 | Sawyer County | 8.5 | 110K | 13,024 | 3,348 | 169 |
| 9 | Langlade County | 7.5 | 106K | 14,062 | 5,679 | 281 |
| 10 | Florence County | 6.1 | 17K | 2,842 | 815 | 82 |
| 11 | Grant County | 5.4 | 40K | 7,428 | 2,590 | 422 |
| 12 | Oconto County | 3.8 | 103K | 26,761 | 7,396 | 313 |
| 13 | Marathon County | 3.6 | 293K | 80,598 | 9,290 | 619 |
| 14 | Pepin County | 3.6 | 14K | 3,918 | 1,519 | 37 |
| 15 | Washington County | 3.2 | 109K | 34,303 | 7,575 | 459 |
| 16 | Portage County | 2.9 | 78K | 27,174 | 7,852 | 365 |
| 17 | Marinette County | 2.7 | 82K | 29,899 | 4,960 | 583 |
| 18 | Lafayette County | 2.5 | 10K | 4,085 | 978 | 188 |
| 19 | Waukesha County | 2.4 | 344K | 143,177 | 7,655 | 796 |
| 20 | Richland County | 2.1 | 17K | 8,020 | 1,531 | 161 |
| 21 | Green County | 2.1 | 28K | 13,290 | 3,634 | 491 |
| 22 | Waupaca County | 2.0 | 47K | 23,619 | 2,429 | 287 |
| 23 | Walworth County | 2.0 | 92K | 45,649 | 3,757 | 680 |
| 24 | Outagamie County | 2.0 | 115K | 58,508 | 10,799 | 563 |
| 25 | Wood County | 1.8 | 86K | 46,818 | 3,930 | 547 |
| 26 | Ozaukee County | 1.8 | 61K | 34,422 | 2,961 | 358 |
| 27 | Washburn County | 1.7 | 14K | 8,409 | 1,093 | 73 |
| 28 | Pierce County | 1.6 | 28K | 16,786 | 2,405 | 105 |
| 29 | Buffalo County | 1.5 | 9,103 | 5,936 | 738 | 76 |
| 30 | Jefferson County | 1.4 | 50K | 34,512 | 2,518 | 358 |
| 31 | Racine County | 1.4 | 165K | 115,015 | 5,638 | 630 |
| 32 | Dunn County | 1.4 | 35K | 24,888 | 3,986 | 182 |
| 33 | La Crosse County | 1.3 | 49K | 37,410 | 3,522 | 362 |
| 34 | Sauk County | 1.3 | 79K | 60,955 | 5,532 | 665 |
| 35 | Door County | 1.3 | 34K | 26,534 | 3,709 | 311 |
| 36 | Milwaukee County | 1.2 | 733K | 594,641 | 15,126 | 1,217 |
| 37 | Manitowoc County | 1.2 | 57K | 47,882 | 4,376 | 287 |
| 38 | Kenosha County | 1.0 | 110K | 105,140 | 11,114 | 621 |
| 39 | Sheboygan County | 1.0 | 27K | 25,546 | 1,508 | 249 |
| 40 | Calumet County | 1.0 | 18K | 17,941 | 1,801 | 231 |
| 41 | Clark County | 1.0 | 16K | 15,996 | 1,405 | 148 |
| 42 | Juneau County | 1.0 | 15K | 15,444 | 1,828 | 305 |
| 43 | Brown County | 1.0 | 196K | 201,743 | 6,980 | 764 |
| 44 | Dodge County | 1.0 | 29K | 29,757 | 2,508 | 285 |
| 45 | Dane County | 0.9 | 271K | 295,516 | 16,821 | 806 |
| 46 | Eau Claire County | 0.8 | 47K | 55,392 | 5,557 | 310 |
| 47 | Vernon County | 0.8 | 10K | 12,813 | 647 | 140 |
| 48 | Winnebago County | 0.8 | 59K | 74,573 | 6,474 | 533 |
| 49 | Rusk County | 0.8 | 8,001 | 10,344 | 1,059 | 122 |
| 50 | Polk County | 0.8 | 26K | 33,361 | 3,897 | 163 |
| 51 | Price County | 0.7 | 7,460 | 10,185 | 1,081 | 78 |
| 52 | Taylor County | 0.7 | 8,712 | 12,558 | 971 | 44 |
| 53 | Kewaunee County | 0.7 | 9,559 | 14,371 | 807 | 193 |
| 54 | Barron County | 0.6 | 17K | 29,231 | 1,315 | 170 |
| 55 | Chippewa County | 0.6 | 18K | 31,538 | 2,345 | 266 |
| 56 | Monroe County | 0.5 | 9,870 | 18,029 | 1,121 | 181 |
| 57 | Trempealeau County | 0.5 | 7,431 | 14,810 | 880 | 103 |
| 58 | Shawano County | 0.4 | 11K | 31,418 | 758 | 191 |
| 59 | Douglas County | 0.3 | 9,064 | 29,088 | 807 | 90 |
| 60 | Iowa County | 0.2 | 2,215 | 9,067 | 559 | 63 |
| 61 | Fond du Lac County | 0.2 | 15K | 89,727 | 4,043 | 217 |
| 62 | Waushara County | 0.1 | 2,385 | 21,071 | 779 | 81 |
| 63 | Crawford County | 0.1 | 608 | 5,637 | 107 | 23 |
| 64 | Green Lake County | 0.1 | 1,372 | 16,499 | 1,957 | 37 |
| 65 | Jackson County | 0.1 | 1,156 | 14,991 | 374 | 39 |
| 66 | Menominee County | 0.1 | 317 | 4,260 | 570 | 11 |
| 67 | Marquette County | 0.1 | 592 | 8,847 | 169 | 20 |
| 68 | Rock County | 0.1 | 3,298 | 56,401 | 599 | 113 |
| 69 | Columbia County | 0.0 | 991 | 53,762 | 639 | 76 |
| 70 | Adams County | 0.0 | 255 | 20,787 | 68 | 26 |
Biggest Wisconsin outages of 2016
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dane County, WI | July 6, 2016 05:30 | July 8, 2016 03:30 | 1d 22h | 16,821 | 124K |
| 2 | Oneida County, WI | June 10, 2016 21:15 | June 13, 2016 19:15 | 2d 22h | 16,782 | 501K |
| 3 | Milwaukee County, WI | July 21, 2016 13:45 | July 23, 2016 06:15 | 1d 16h | 15,126 | 59K |
| 4 | Milwaukee County, WI | March 16, 2016 03:45 | March 18, 2016 02:00 | 1d 22h | 14,353 | 66K |
| 5 | Milwaukee County, WI | November 15, 2016 07:15 | November 15, 2016 09:45 | 2h 30m | 13,347 | 25K |
| 6 | Oneida County, WI | July 12, 2016 05:00 | July 13, 2016 09:30 | 1d 4h | 11,540 | 92K |
| 7 | Kenosha County, WI | March 11, 2016 16:45 | March 11, 2016 19:45 | 3h | 11,114 | 6,974 |
| 8 | Outagamie County, WI | June 5, 2016 22:45 | June 7, 2016 08:15 | 1d 9h | 10,799 | 69K |
| 9 | Milwaukee County, WI | April 21, 2016 13:45 | April 22, 2016 03:30 | 13h 45m | 10,197 | 2,657 |
| 10 | Milwaukee County, WI | April 15, 2016 17:30 | April 15, 2016 18:30 | 1h | 10,158 | 2,597 |
| 11 | Milwaukee County, WI | June 5, 2016 17:15 | June 7, 2016 07:00 | 1d 13h | 10,109 | 59K |
| 12 | Milwaukee County, WI | March 28, 2016 08:15 | March 29, 2016 00:45 | 16h 30m | 9,375 | 35K |
| 13 | Milwaukee County, WI | June 15, 2016 06:45 | June 16, 2016 00:15 | 17h 30m | 9,335 | 28K |
| 14 | Marathon County, WI | June 5, 2016 21:15 | June 7, 2016 04:45 | 1d 7h | 9,290 | 109K |
| 15 | Vilas County, WI | July 21, 2016 10:45 | July 24, 2016 02:15 | 2d 15h | 9,284 | 181K |
| 16 | Vilas County, WI | June 10, 2016 18:45 | June 13, 2016 10:00 | 2d 15h | 9,284 | 264K |
| 17 | Vilas County, WI | June 25, 2016 19:30 | June 27, 2016 11:15 | 1d 15h | 8,916 | 57K |
| 18 | Milwaukee County, WI | April 20, 2016 12:30 | April 20, 2016 23:00 | 10h 30m | 8,641 | 4,106 |
| 19 | Portage County, WI | February 28, 2016 10:00 | February 28, 2016 16:30 | 6h 30m | 7,852 | 33K |
| 20 | Waukesha County, WI | June 5, 2016 15:00 | June 7, 2016 10:30 | 1d 19h | 7,655 | 67K |
| 21 | Dane County, WI | July 21, 2016 20:30 | July 23, 2016 09:00 | 1d 12h | 7,593 | 58K |
| 22 | Washington County, WI | March 27, 2016 01:00 | March 27, 2016 03:30 | 2h 30m | 7,575 | 1,972 |
| 23 | Lincoln County, WI | June 26, 2016 01:30 | June 26, 2016 14:30 | 13h | 7,494 | 19K |
| 24 | Oconto County, WI | June 10, 2016 23:00 | June 12, 2016 09:45 | 1d 10h | 7,396 | 55K |
| 25 | Milwaukee County, WI | July 13, 2016 13:45 | July 14, 2016 02:00 | 12h 15m | 7,223 | 3,815 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Wisconsin's electricity customers in 2016; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.