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Power Outages in Milwaukee County, WI

As of October 19, 2026 02:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Wisconsin Electric Power Co in Milwaukee County, WI. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.2 hours.

Milwaukee County, WI is served by 1 tracked utility.

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No outages reported

No active outages are reported by Wisconsin Electric Power Co in Milwaukee County.

Live status by utility · Milwaukee County

0.0%of this county's ~596,363 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Wisconsin Electric Power CoLive · county0---0-

Wisconsin Electric Power Co reportsevery 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, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Milwaukee 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.

Power-dependent
7,261
Oxygen service
1,675
Dialysis (facility)
1,416
Home health / hospice
1,089
By ZIP code (35)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
53209366≤11255≤11
53221310≤11221≤11
53216279≤11187≤11
53218260≤11174≤11
53223259≤11185≤11
53154243≤11162≤11
53132241≤11181≤11
53219237≤11177≤11
53214232≤11173≤11
53215218≤11149≤11
53212194≤11135≤11
53210184≤11131≤11
531721810133≤11
53220174≤11125≤11
53207173≤11134≤11
53208172≤11120≤11
53227166≤11118≤11
532251660120≤11
53222157≤11112≤11
53206157≤11113≤11
53228154≤11111≤11
53204154≤11107≤11
53217151≤1187≤11
53213150≤1197≤11
53211144≤1198≤11
53226138≤1187≤11
53110135≤1199≤11
53224127≤1188≤11
53202116≤1181≤11
531291090690
5323593≤1161≤11
5320593≤1158≤11
5313069≤1154≤11
5323350≤1136≤11
53203≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Milwaukee County, WI

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Milwaukee County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Milwaukee County

Milwaukee County has been under 43 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 17, 2026.

  • Beach Hazards Statement ×31
  • Flood Watch ×7
  • Frost Advisory ×3
  • Flood Advisory ×1
  • Special Weather Statement ×1

Latest Milwaukee County, WI outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 19m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 2,455 customers out (0.4% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 15m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,629 customers out (0.3% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 3h 55m

  6. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 816 customers out

  7. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,631 customers out (0.3% of the county)

  8. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 35m

Outage trend · Milwaukee County, WI
0customers out
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 02:50 UTC
Milwaukee County, WI: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 0 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 19, 2026 02:50 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.81Oct 186 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Milwaukee County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

  • Milwaukeeno outage reported
  • West Allisno outage reported
  • Wauwatosano outage reported

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Milwaukee County went about 3.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 89,708 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 3.2 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Milwaukee County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 0.9h, 2016 1.2h, 2017 1.4h, 2018 1.3h, 2019 1.5h, 2020 1.6h, 2021 6.6h, 2022 2.8h, 2023 4.0h, 2024 4.3h, 2025 3.2h. Highlighted: 2021.024680.9h20151.2h20161.4h20171.3h20181.5h20191.6h20206.6h20212.8h20224.0h20234.3h20243.2h2025
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Worst year here was 2021 (peak 64,397 customers out) · decade average 2.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201566314,0590.9
20161,21715,1261.2
20171,15216,3841.4
20181,03919,3061.3
20191,05014,1041.5
20201,06712,3761.6
202196164,3976.6
202298633,4872.8
20231,01289,7084.0
20241,06059,6514.3
20251,14234,3453.2

Cost of power in Milwaukee County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Milwaukee 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.

20.5¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 33% since 2015
vs Wisconsin avg 19.1¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
March 10, 202389,7083d 4h
August 10, 202164,3971d
August 11, 202163,5171h 45m
August 11, 202162,4476d 14h
August 11, 202161,3561h 15m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Very High tornadoes exposure · 2.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

TornadoVery High
Strong windRelatively High
FloodingRelatively High
Heat waveRelatively High
Ice stormRelatively Moderate

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Milwaukee County: FAQ

How often does Milwaukee County, WI lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Milwaukee County, WI logged 1,142 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Milwaukee County, WI?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 89,708 customers without power, beginning March 10, 2023 and lasting about 3d 4h.
Is there a power outage in Milwaukee County, WI right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Milwaukee County, WI. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Milwaukee County, WI?
Tracked electric providers include Wisconsin Electric Power Co.
Nearby counties
Muskegon CountyOttawa CountyOzaukee CountyRacine County
Cities & towns in Milwaukee County

Milwaukee, West Allis, Wauwatosa. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Milwaukee County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Milwaukee County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Milwaukee County.

53110, 53129, 53130, 53132, 53154, 53172, 53202, 53203, 53204, 53205, 53206, 53207, 53208, 53209, 53210, 53211, 53212, 53213, 53214, 53215, 53216, 53217, 53218, 53219, 53220, 53221, 53222, 53223, 53224, 53225, 53226, 53227, 53228, 53233, 53235, 53295

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Wisconsin Electric Power Co3.1 hrsLive · county-

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/55079 and /api/v1/counties/55079/history.