Power Outages in Eau Claire County, WI
As of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC, no outages are reported by Northern States Power Co and Riverland Energy Cooperative in Eau Claire County, WI. There is no live feed for Eau Claire Electric Coop and Jackson Electric Coop, Inc - (WI). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.8 hours.
Eau Claire County, WI is served by 4 tracked utilities.
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- https://massoutage.com/wisconsin/eau-claire-county
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- October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Eau Claire County, WI", live data as of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/wisconsin/eau-claire-county
No active outages are reported by Northern States Power Co and Riverland Energy Cooperative in Eau Claire County.
No live feed for Eau Claire Electric Coop and Jackson Electric Coop, Inc - (WI): outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~51,821 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Eau Claire Electric Coop, Jackson Electric Coop, Inc - (WI). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern States Power Co | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Riverland Energy Cooperative | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Eau Claire Electric Coop | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jackson Electric Coop, Inc - (WI) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Northern States Power Co and Riverland Energy Cooperative 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 Eau Claire 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 (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54703 | 344 | 13 | 246 | ≤11 |
| 54701 | 302 | ≤11 | 209 | ≤11 |
| 54720 | 82 | ≤11 | 57 | ≤11 |
| 54742 | 43 | ≤11 | 35 | 0 |
| 54738 | 37 | ≤11 | 28 | ≤11 |
| 54722 | 34 | ≤11 | 29 | 0 |
| 54741 | 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 Eau Claire County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Eau Claire County right now.
Eau Claire County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Freeze Warning ×4
- Dense Fog Advisory ×3
- Freeze Watch ×1
- Frost Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Eau Claire County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Eau Claireno outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Eau Claire County went about 1.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 26,746 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 1.8 hrs.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 26,746 customers out) · decade average 1.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 351 | 4,391 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | 310 | 5,557 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | 384 | 4,406 | 0.8 |
| 2018 | 488 | 2,165 | 1.1 |
| 2019 | 490 | 4,165 | 1.0 |
| 2020 | 424 | 2,436 | 0.8 |
| 2021 | 465 | 8,654 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 444 | 26,746 | 2.2 |
| 2023 | 494 | 8,668 | 1.1 |
| 2024 | 595 | 4,736 | 1.7 |
| 2025 | 540 | 9,162 | 1.8 |
Cost of power in Eau Claire County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Eau Claire 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.
- Northern States Power Co15.6¢222,746 cust
- Riverland Energy Cooperative16.2¢19,120 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 high winds exposure · 1.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Eau Claire County: FAQ
- How often does Eau Claire County, WI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Eau Claire County, WI logged 540 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Eau Claire County, WI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 26,746 customers without power, beginning May 11, 2022 and lasting about 15h.
- Is there a power outage in Eau Claire County, WI right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Eau Claire County, WI. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Eau Claire County, WI?
- Tracked electric providers include Northern States Power Co.
Eau Claire. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Eau Claire County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Eau Claire County.
54701, 54703, 54720, 54722, 54738, 54741, 54742
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern States Power Co | 5.4 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Riverland Energy Cooperative | 2.8 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Eau Claire Electric Coop | - | No live feed | - |
| Jackson Electric Coop, Inc - (WI) | - | 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/55035 and /api/v1/counties/55035/history.