Power Outages in Brown County, WI
Wisconsin Electric Power Co and Wisconsin Public Service Corp publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.5 hours.
Brown County, WI is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/wisconsin/brown-county
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Brown County, WI". https://massoutage.com/wisconsin/brown-county
Wisconsin Electric Power Co and Wisconsin Public Service Corp publish no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~134,818 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: Wisconsin Electric Power Co, Wisconsin Public Service Corp.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Electric Power Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wisconsin Public Service Corp | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Brown Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (13)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54311 | 240 | ≤11 | 142 | 0 |
| 54313 | 212 | ≤11 | 134 | ≤11 |
| 54303 | 204 | ≤11 | 117 | ≤11 |
| 54115 | 188 | 0 | 113 | ≤11 |
| 54304 | 183 | ≤11 | 125 | ≤11 |
| 54302 | 168 | ≤11 | 119 | ≤11 |
| 54301 | 114 | ≤11 | 62 | ≤11 |
| 54155 | 34 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 54208 | 28 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 54229 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 54173 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 54126 | 18 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 54180 | 12 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Brown County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Brown County right now.
Brown County has been under 8 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Freeze Warning ×3
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Flood Advisory ×1
- Freeze Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Brown County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Green Bayno outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Brown County went about 1.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 36,455 customers.
The US EIA reports Wisconsin utilities averaged 4.4 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 1.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 36,455 customers out) · decade average 1.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 804 | 7,340 | 1.1 |
| 2016 | 764 | 6,980 | 1.0 |
| 2017 | 746 | 11,245 | 1.3 |
| 2018 | 556 | 6,435 | 0.5 |
| 2019 | 764 | 18,898 | 2.4 |
| 2020 | 693 | 12,738 | 0.9 |
| 2021 | 737 | 8,796 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 772 | 36,455 | 5.4 |
| 2023 | 804 | 2,885 | 0.7 |
| 2024 | 793 | 19,506 | 3.7 |
| 2025 | 784 | 7,732 | 1.5 |
Cost of power in Brown County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Brown County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Wisconsin Electric Power Co20.5¢1,056,086 cust
- Wisconsin Public Service Corp17.2¢415,643 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Relatively High tornadoes exposure · 1.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Brown County: FAQ
- How often does Brown County, WI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Brown County, WI logged 784 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Brown County, WI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 36,455 customers without power, beginning June 15, 2022 and lasting about 4d 2h.
- Is there a power outage in Brown County, WI right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Brown County, WI. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Brown County, WI?
- Tracked electric providers include Wisconsin Electric Power Co, Wisconsin Public Service Corp.
Green Bay. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Brown County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Brown County.
54115, 54126, 54155, 54173, 54180, 54208, 54229, 54301, 54302, 54303, 54304, 54307, 54311, 54313
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Electric Power Co | 3.1 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Wisconsin Public Service Corp | 10.5 hrs | Live · total only | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Wisconsin customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/55009 and /api/v1/counties/55009/history.