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2018 Midland County, MI Power Outage Report
In 2018, customers in Midland County, MI went without power for an average of 6.0 hours, a total of 343K customer-hours (Michigan average 10.0 hours). That ranks 39th worst of 80 Michigan counties and 913th of 2,798 nationally.
Compared with MI, the US and 2017
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Michigan customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Midland County, 2018
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | August 27, 2018 03:45 | August 28, 2018 20:45 | 1d 17h | 5,852 | 31K |
| 2 | January 12, 2018 18:15 | January 12, 2018 20:45 | 2h 30m | 5,681 | 6,813 |
| 3 | May 10, 2018 00:45 | May 10, 2018 09:30 | 8h 45m | 3,860 | 10K |
| 4 | May 4, 2018 15:45 | May 7, 2018 01:00 | 2d 9h | 3,228 | 63K |
| 5 | March 6, 2018 03:15 | March 27, 2018 16:15 | 21d 13h | 3,115 | 9,349 |
| 6 | April 14, 2018 08:15 | April 16, 2018 15:15 | 2d 7h | 3,000 | 50K |
| 7 | May 26, 2018 23:30 | May 29, 2018 01:15 | 2d 1h | 2,179 | 45K |
| 8 | August 6, 2018 20:45 | August 7, 2018 09:30 | 12h 45m | 2,134 | 8,958 |
| 9 | January 12, 2018 00:30 | January 12, 2018 11:30 | 11h | 2,041 | 7,908 |
| 10 | December 4, 2018 07:30 | December 4, 2018 09:45 | 2h 15m | 1,700 | 946 |
Outage episodes by size in 2018: 57 reached 100+ customers, 21 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 Midland County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2018, 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) | 2018 | 6.8 hrs | 1.29 | 3.3 hrs | 1.02 |
| DTE Electric Company | 2018 | 8.1 hrs | 1.36 | 3.0 hrs | 1.04 |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about 91% of Michigan's customers in 2018; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 57,350 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. Midland County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Midland County, MI annual power outage report, 2018, 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/2018/michigan/midland-county