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2022 Michigan Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average Michigan customer went without power for about 10.4 hours, the 7th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
10.4
vs prior year
▼ 61%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
50.5M
Peak customers out
641,233
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
96%
of MI customers
Counties reporting
83

Michigan year over year

Michigan: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 6.8h; 2016: 2.0h; 2017: 6.0h; 2018: 9.9h, coverage 91%; 2019: 12.7h, coverage 96%; 2020: 9.7h, coverage 95%; 2021: 26.6h, coverage 95%; 2022: 10.4h, coverage 96%; 2023: 26.5h; 2024: 8.5h; 2025: 12.6h01020300%50%100%6.8h20152.0h20166.0h20179.9h201812.7h20199.7h202026.6h202110.4h202226.5h20238.5h202412.6h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2022

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

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Michigan customer-hours without power by month, 2022Jan 515K, Feb 915K, Mar 2.5M, Apr 1.6M, May 2.1M, Jun 5.4M, Jul 3.9M, Aug 14.0M, Sep 8.3M, Oct 2.1M, Nov 7.3M, Dec 2.0M05M10M15M515KJan915KFeb2.5MMar1.6MApr2.1MMay5.4MJun3.9MJul14.0MAug8.3MSep2.1MOct7.3MNov2.0MDec
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All 83 Michigan counties, 2022

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Cass County131.0448K3,4233,423786
2Alcona County89.8543K6,0506,050348
3Berrien County50.7649K12,8056,194809
4Van Buren County38.7732K18,9168,987803
5Iosco County38.2546K14,3107,660422
6Roscommon County37.5516K13,78012,850401
7Arenac County31.5310K9,8645,406288
8Oscoda County27.0136K5,0442,686301
9Ogemaw County26.0304K11,6815,179412
10Wayne County25.211.1M441,528231,47410
11Crawford County25.2207K8,2183,883377
12Montmorency County25.2153K6,0732,724407
13Leelanau County23.8294K12,3575,012452
14Iron County23.6139K5,8903,571206
15Huron County21.1223K10,5454,165382
16Gladwin County21.0319K15,2017,972401
17Lenawee County20.6708K34,33610,680735
18Livingston County20.11.8M88,11330,678547
19St. Joseph County19.4378K19,4405,776710
20Antrim County19.1299K15,6414,481639
21Otsego County18.2349K19,1746,591488
22Keweenaw County18.125K1,3561,35690
23Clare County18.0326K18,0618,124522
24Jackson County17.71.8M101,26022,342821
25Cheboygan County16.8271K16,1186,000519
26Mackinac County16.0140K8,7573,480392
27Sanilac County16.0206K12,8993,521432
28Dickinson County15.7190K12,1108,521231
29Barry County15.3641K41,9526,888623
30Calhoun County14.81.4M92,79421,753766
31Benzie County14.5138K9,5452,404446
32Gogebic County14.2105K7,3945,795296
33Lapeer County14.1540K38,3635,784534
34Tuscola County13.6226K16,6395,871437
35Missaukee County13.6130K9,5594,003339
36Monroe County13.3626K47,2608,503573
37Kalamazoo County13.01.3M96,41719,459868
38Allegan County11.51.0M86,72515,922713
39Lake County11.3104K9,2262,353527
40Hillsdale County11.0340K30,9144,349501
41Presque Isle County10.283K8,1981,979400
42Schoolcraft County10.157K5,6112,591254
43Charlevoix County9.9198K19,9832,764544
44Manistee County9.5145K15,1772,923410
45Montcalm County9.5321K33,9468,352658
46Oakland County8.95.8M646,293143,68936
47Wexford County8.8189K21,5183,321396
48Mecosta County8.5175K20,6083,742546
49Delta County8.4206K24,5194,446281
50Menominee County8.096K12,0722,199257
51Kalkaska County7.779K10,2792,235452
52Macomb County7.33.0M404,55387,071125
53Ontonagon County6.929K4,2461,173160
54Marquette County6.7305K45,2626,533338
55Midland County6.6379K57,3508,445610
56Alger County6.530K4,5533,268133
57Newaygo County6.4205K32,0583,392662
58Branch County6.3194K30,6872,986401
59Clinton County6.3214K34,0283,753535
60St. Clair County6.2441K71,46915,385505
61Luce County6.229K4,7461,310187
62Bay County6.1407K66,1626,128513
63Ionia County6.1215K35,2422,879624
64Mason County5.8109K18,9092,690511
65Washtenaw County5.71.1M195,55325,904533
66Chippewa County5.6182K32,7434,027669
67Ottawa County5.4652K120,14011,893651
68Eaton County5.3268K50,3765,718634
69Osceola County5.194K18,2721,580460
70Kent County5.12.1M416,07731,712641
71Genesee County4.91.3M270,24712,006435
72Emmet County4.6133K28,7962,707468
73Ingham County4.4835K187,69819,119829
74Shiawassee County4.0167K41,3615,518571
75Oceana County3.766K17,7382,190543
76Houghton County3.699K27,5795,370403
77Baraga County3.416K4,824779100
78Muskegon County3.0313K103,7187,045803
79Gratiot County2.961K21,0041,807355
80Saginaw County2.9381K132,6046,640830
81Alpena County2.748K18,2361,547212
82Isabella County2.590K36,5072,452519
83Grand Traverse County2.2132K60,5214,042579

Biggest Michigan outages of 2022

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Wayne County, MIAugust 30, 2022 17:15August 30, 2022 21:454h 30m231,4741.0M
2Wayne County, MIAugust 31, 2022 15:30January 1, 2023 00:00122d 8h209,9576.4M
3Oakland County, MIAugust 15, 2022 09:45October 6, 2022 11:3052d 1h143,6893.0M
4Macomb County, MIAugust 30, 2022 17:15August 30, 2022 21:454h 30m87,071379K
5Macomb County, MIAugust 31, 2022 15:30September 24, 2022 11:0023d 19h68,1921.3M
6Wayne County, MIMay 8, 2022 12:00August 2, 2022 14:4586d 2h43,5242.5M
7Kent County, MIJuly 20, 2022 07:45July 27, 2022 09:307d 1h31,712691K
8Livingston County, MIAugust 29, 2022 09:30September 6, 2022 10:008d30,678896K
9Washtenaw County, MIAugust 28, 2022 20:45September 8, 2022 07:3010d 10h25,904567K
10Jackson County, MIAugust 29, 2022 09:15September 3, 2022 04:154d 19h22,342919K
11Calhoun County, MIAugust 29, 2022 18:30September 2, 2022 03:303d 9h21,753804K
12Wayne County, MIFebruary 11, 2022 12:30May 2, 2022 09:3079d 21h20,040610K
13Macomb County, MIMarch 27, 2022 18:45April 4, 2022 02:157d 7h19,658179K
14Kalamazoo County, MIAugust 29, 2022 19:45September 2, 2022 01:153d 5h19,459477K
15Ingham County, MIApril 30, 2022 09:15May 1, 2022 21:151d 12h19,11930K
16Oakland County, MIAugust 3, 2022 20:45August 15, 2022 08:0011d 11h18,524515K
17Kent County, MIMarch 5, 2022 21:30March 7, 2022 22:302d 1h17,666189K
18Kent County, MIAugust 28, 2022 12:45September 1, 2022 07:453d 19h17,563285K
19Wayne County, MIAugust 4, 2022 15:00August 29, 2022 22:1525d 7h16,616423K
20Livingston County, MINovember 5, 2022 14:45November 9, 2022 07:453d 17h16,605438K
21Kalamazoo County, MIAugust 3, 2022 13:30August 6, 2022 05:302d 16h16,119273K
22Allegan County, MIAugust 28, 2022 21:15September 1, 2022 23:304d 2h15,922366K
23Oakland County, MIMarch 16, 2022 11:30August 2, 2022 16:15139d 4h15,4151.3M
24St. Clair County, MIFebruary 1, 2022 07:15February 3, 2022 01:001d 17h15,38563K
25Oakland County, MINovember 3, 2022 13:15December 10, 2022 01:4536d 12h14,636525K
EAGLE-I tracked about 96% of Michigan's electricity customers in 2022; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Michigan by year:2025202420232021202020192018201720162015
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Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report.

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