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2022 Wisconsin Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average Wisconsin customer went without power for about 4.6 hours, the 21st worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
4.6
vs prior year
▼ 2%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
14.2M
Peak customers out
145,443
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
85%
of WI customers
Counties reporting
72

Wisconsin year over year

Wisconsin: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 1.5h; 2016: 1.9h; 2017: 2.9h; 2018: 1.7h, coverage 83%; 2019: 4.4h, coverage 84%; 2020: 1.8h, coverage 84%; 2021: 4.7h, coverage 85%; 2022: 4.6h, coverage 85%; 2023: 3.4h; 2024: 4.6h; 2025: 3.8h02460%50%100%1.5h20151.9h20162.9h20171.7h20184.4h20191.8h20204.7h20214.6h20223.4h20234.6h20243.8h2025
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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 Wisconsin; June was the worst.

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Wisconsin customer-hours without power by month, 2022Jan 139K, Feb 155K, Mar 1.7M, Apr 334K, May 709K, Jun 5.7M, Jul 1.3M, Aug 634K, Sep 562K, Oct 318K, Nov 1.0M, Dec 1.7M02M4M6M139KJan155KFeb1.7MMar334KApr709KMay5.7MJun1.3MJul634KAug562KSep318KOct1.0MNov1.7MDec
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All 72 Wisconsin counties, 2022

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Vilas County70.6656K9,2849,284575
2Sawyer County26.2341K13,0245,902318
3Outagamie County25.11.5M58,50822,173604
4Forest County23.1146K6,3403,610248
5Marinette County22.5672K29,8999,380506
6Oneida County21.6482K22,25813,565591
7Rusk County16.5170K10,3444,418159
8Florence County15.644K2,8421,16492
9Iron County15.433K2,1232,123179
10Sheboygan County12.5318K25,54611,918553
11Waupaca County11.4269K23,6196,570393
12Washburn County10.891K8,4093,482145
13Washington County10.3353K34,30310,619513
14Ozaukee County10.0344K34,4228,398387
15Marquette County9.080K8,8472,503359
16Langlade County8.8123K14,0623,900250
17Menominee County8.436K4,2602,330122
18Bayfield County8.353K6,4732,808219
19Oconto County8.2220K26,7616,034344
20Shawano County8.2258K31,4185,483386
21Waushara County8.2173K21,0718,681540
22Waukesha County6.4917K143,17715,243787
23Winnebago County6.2464K74,57320,041697
24Ashland County5.736K6,3455,052214
25Lincoln County5.688K15,7972,271341
26Marathon County5.4436K80,59812,628719
27Brown County5.41.1M201,74336,455772
28Jefferson County4.8165K34,5128,397469
29La Crosse County4.7176K37,41035,824641
30Portage County4.6125K27,1747,813527
31Douglas County4.5130K29,0886,682530
32Chippewa County4.1129K31,53815,629413
33Vernon County4.152K12,8131,845225
34Iowa County3.531K9,0672,748579
35Buffalo County3.320K5,9362,049331
36Barron County3.293K29,2313,606272
37Door County2.977K26,5342,196361
38Adams County2.859K20,7872,755473
39Milwaukee County2.81.7M594,64133,487986
40Green Lake County2.744K16,4992,499353
41Dodge County2.575K29,7573,792628
42St. Croix County2.580K31,55017,765411
43Kenosha County2.5259K105,14012,053725
44Dunn County2.561K24,8886,799290
45Clark County2.439K15,9963,536192
46Juneau County2.437K15,4442,446264
47Monroe County2.342K18,0297,515352
48Burnett County2.221K9,4091,176345
49Eau Claire County2.2120K55,39226,746444
50Grant County2.115K7,4281,844309
51Pepin County1.97,5233,9182,025166
52Polk County1.963K33,3614,869572
53Trempealeau County1.927K14,810771406
54Price County1.718K10,1852,970158
55Racine County1.7200K115,0155,698797
56Walworth County1.777K45,6493,416719
57Crawford County1.48,1595,6372,105153
58Dane County1.4423K295,51618,824992
59Rock County1.478K56,4013,078895
60Columbia County1.473K53,7624,267642
61Sauk County1.380K60,9555,871628
62Pierce County1.321K16,7863,469194
63Green County1.317K13,2901,077521
64Kewaunee County1.217K14,3711,112161
65Lafayette County1.24,7464,085617236
66Calumet County1.120K17,9411,922207
67Fond du Lac County1.197K89,7275,132709
68Manitowoc County1.049K47,8822,988334
69Richland County0.65,1698,020677193
70Taylor County0.56,83312,55896080
71Wood County0.419K46,8181,128425
72Jackson County0.45,38514,99144564

Biggest Wisconsin outages of 2022

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Brown County, WIJune 15, 2022 21:15June 19, 2022 23:304d 2h36,455923K
2La Crosse County, WIMay 11, 2022 19:45May 12, 2022 07:4512h35,82411K
3Milwaukee County, WIJune 13, 2022 11:15June 19, 2022 16:006d 4h33,487563K
4Eau Claire County, WIMay 11, 2022 19:45May 12, 2022 10:4515h26,74611K
5Brown County, WIJuly 8, 2022 15:30July 8, 2022 23:308h23,98718K
6Outagamie County, WIJune 15, 2022 12:00June 21, 2022 03:005d 15h22,1731.3M
7Winnebago County, WIJuly 23, 2022 22:00July 25, 2022 11:301d 13h20,041236K
8Dane County, WIJune 13, 2022 13:30June 17, 2022 20:304d 7h18,824247K
9St. Croix County, WIMay 11, 2022 19:45May 11, 2022 21:452h17,7656,279
10Chippewa County, WIMay 11, 2022 19:45May 11, 2022 20:3045m15,6295,367
11Waukesha County, WINovember 4, 2022 23:15November 8, 2022 09:153d 10h15,243262K
12Oneida County, WIMarch 23, 2022 02:45March 27, 2022 06:454d 4h13,565378K
13Marathon County, WIDecember 14, 2022 13:30December 19, 2022 22:005d 8h12,628243K
14Milwaukee County, WIApril 18, 2022 13:30April 19, 2022 07:3018h12,5943,278
15Dane County, WIJuly 23, 2022 21:15July 26, 2022 00:302d 3h12,07947K
16Kenosha County, WIJuly 23, 2022 08:30July 25, 2022 17:452d 9h12,05359K
17Sheboygan County, WIJune 16, 2022 01:00June 20, 2022 12:154d 11h11,918234K
18Marathon County, WIJune 15, 2022 09:15June 18, 2022 00:302d 15h11,532109K
19Milwaukee County, WIJuly 23, 2022 01:15July 26, 2022 02:003d11,39074K
20Washington County, WINovember 5, 2022 15:30November 8, 2022 05:002d 13h10,619112K
21Milwaukee County, WINovember 5, 2022 12:45November 8, 2022 06:452d 18h10,060154K
22Milwaukee County, WISeptember 25, 2022 00:30September 27, 2022 04:452d 4h9,44364K
23Marinette County, WIMarch 23, 2022 06:30March 29, 2022 19:156d 12h9,380286K
24La Crosse County, WIJune 15, 2022 09:00June 15, 2022 19:1510h 15m9,30331K
25Vilas County, WIMarch 23, 2022 06:15March 27, 2022 02:453d 20h9,284328K
EAGLE-I tracked about 85% of Wisconsin'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.
Wisconsin by year:2025202420232021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2022:MEFLWVNCVTAKMIVA

Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report.

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