Power Outages in Dodge County, WI
Is there a power outage in Dodge County, WI right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC, about 7 customers are without power in Dodge County, WI across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), City of Columbus - (WI), Hartford Electric, Hustisford Utilities, Juneau Utility Comm and Waupun Utilities, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Dodge County, WI is served by 9 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.8 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/wisconsin/dodge-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Dodge County, WI", live data as of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/wisconsin/dodge-county
Not counted: no live feed for Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), City of Columbus - (WI), Hartford Electric, Hustisford Utilities, Juneau Utility Comm and Waupun Utilities.
Report an outage in Dodge County, WI
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Wisconsin Electric Power Co, Adams-Columbia Electric Coop, Waupun Utilities, Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), Wisconsin Power & Light Co, Hartford Electric and 3 more; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
82%of this county's ~30,348 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), City of Columbus - (WI), Hartford Electric, Hustisford Utilities, Juneau Utility Comm, Waupun Utilities. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Power & Light Co | Live · county | 7 | 23,440 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Adams-Columbia Electric Coop | Live · county | 0 | 1,401 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Wisconsin Electric Power Co | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Columbus - (WI) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hartford Electric | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hustisford Utilities | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Juneau Utility Comm | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Waupun Utilities | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Wisconsin Power & Light Co, Adams-Columbia Electric Coop and Wisconsin Electric Power Co reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Dodge 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 (18)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53916 | 226 | 0 | 177 | ≤11 |
| 53098 | 96 | ≤11 | 74 | 0 |
| 53050 | 66 | 0 | 47 | ≤11 |
| 53032 | 46 | ≤11 | 37 | 0 |
| 53933 | 37 | ≤11 | 25 | 0 |
| 53039 | 32 | 0 | 24 | ≤11 |
| 53048 | 30 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 53091 | 22 | 0 | 18 | ≤11 |
| 53579 | 16 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 53059 | 16 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 53006 | 15 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 53035 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 53922 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 53557 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 53078 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 53047 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 53034 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 53016 | ≤11 | 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 Dodge County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Dodge County right now.
Dodge County has been under 8 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Freeze Warning ×3
- Flood Watch ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
- Freeze Watch ×1
Latest Dodge County, WI outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 59m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,599 customers out (8.7% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Dodge County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Dodge Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Dodge County went about 4.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 9,532 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 4.8 hrs.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 4,358 customers out) · decade average 2.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 548 | 4,596 | 2.2 |
| 2016 | 285 | 2,508 | 1.0 |
| 2017 | 491 | 6,043 | 4.1 |
| 2018 | 739 | 4,358 | 4.9 |
| 2019 | 749 | 3,295 | 2.6 |
| 2020 | 653 | 2,926 | 2.1 |
| 2021 | 660 | 2,694 | 2.1 |
| 2022 | 628 | 3,792 | 2.5 |
| 2023 | 623 | 9,462 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 674 | 3,365 | 3.0 |
| 2025 | 654 | 9,532 | 4.8 |
Cost of power in Dodge County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Dodge 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 Power & Light Co18.5¢440,746 cust
- Adams-Columbia Electric Coop19.0¢36,159 cust
- Hartford Electric11.9¢7,039 cust
- Waupun Utilities12.3¢3,957 cust
- City of Columbus - (WI)12.8¢2,468 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 2.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Dodge County: FAQ
- How often does Dodge County, WI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Dodge County, WI logged 654 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Dodge County, WI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 9,532 customers without power, beginning May 15, 2025 and lasting about 2d 3h.
- Is there a power outage in Dodge County, WI right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC, about 7 customers are without power in Dodge County, WI across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), City of Columbus - (WI), Hartford Electric, Hustisford Utilities, Juneau Utility Comm and Waupun Utilities, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Dodge County, WI?
- Tracked electric providers include Adams-Columbia Electric Coop, Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), Wisconsin Electric Power Co, Wisconsin Power & Light Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Dodge County.
53003, 53006, 53016, 53032, 53034, 53035, 53039, 53047, 53048, 53050, 53059, 53078, 53091, 53098, 53099, 53557, 53579, 53916, 53922, 53933
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Dodge County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Wisconsin →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Electric Power Co | 3.1 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Adams-Columbia Electric Coop | 1.8 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Waupun Utilities | 0.1 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | - | No live feed | - |
| Wisconsin Power & Light Co | - | Live · county | - |
| Hartford Electric | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Columbus - (WI) | - | No live feed | - |
| Juneau Utility Comm | - | No live feed | - |
| Hustisford Utilities | - | No live feed | - |
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/55027 and /api/v1/counties/55027/history. Live data as of .