Power Outages in Oconto County, WI
Is there a power outage in Oconto County, WI right now? None reported. As of October 19, 2026 17:55 UTC, no outages are reported by Wisconsin Power & Light Co, Wisconsin Electric Power Co and Wisconsin Public Service Corp in Oconto County, WI. There is no live feed for Oconto Electric Cooperative and Oconto Falls Water & Light Comm.
Oconto County, WI is served by 5 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 16.1 hours.
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- October 19, 2026 17:55 UTC
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Oconto County, WI", live data as of October 19, 2026 17:55 UTC. https://massoutage.com/wisconsin/oconto-county
No active outages are reported by Wisconsin Power & Light Co, Wisconsin Electric Power Co and Wisconsin Public Service Corp in Oconto County.
No live feed for Oconto Electric Cooperative and Oconto Falls Water & Light Comm: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Oconto 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, Wisconsin Public Service Corp, Wisconsin Power & Light Co, Oconto Electric Cooperative and Oconto Falls Water & Light Comm; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
0.0%of this county's ~30,670 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Oconto Electric Cooperative, Oconto Falls Water & Light Comm. 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 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Wisconsin Electric Power Co | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Wisconsin Public Service Corp | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Oconto Electric Cooperative | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oconto Falls Water & Light Comm | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Wisconsin Power & Light Co, Wisconsin Electric Power Co and Wisconsin Public Service Corp 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 Oconto 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 (12)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54153 | 69 | ≤11 | 44 | ≤11 |
| 54154 | 50 | ≤11 | 36 | 0 |
| 54161 | 39 | 0 | 29 | ≤11 |
| 54174 | 37 | ≤11 | 29 | 0 |
| 54124 | 30 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 54175 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 54149 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 54139 | 19 | 0 | 12 | ≤11 |
| 54171 | 14 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 54138 | 12 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 54141 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 54101 | ≤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 Oconto County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Oconto County right now.
Oconto County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×6
- Frost Advisory ×4
- Freeze Warning ×3
- Freeze Watch ×1
Latest Oconto County, WI outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 55m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 359 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 789 customers out (2.6% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Oconto County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Oconto County went about 16.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 10,114 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 16.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 8,472 customers out) · decade average 7.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 324 | 5,087 | 2.8 |
| 2016 | 313 | 7,396 | 3.8 |
| 2017 | 370 | 5,788 | 8.3 |
| 2018 | 494 | 1,770 | 1.7 |
| 2019 | 469 | 10,114 | 14.4 |
| 2020 | 318 | 6,028 | 5.5 |
| 2021 | 312 | 5,770 | 7.4 |
| 2022 | 344 | 6,034 | 8.2 |
| 2023 | 290 | 1,820 | 1.0 |
| 2024 | 312 | 9,706 | 15.7 |
| 2025 | 293 | 8,472 | 16.1 |
Cost of power in Oconto County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Oconto 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
- Wisconsin Public Service Corp17.2¢415,643 cust
- Oconto Falls Water & Light Comm14.4¢1,366 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 · 7.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Oconto County: FAQ
- How often does Oconto County, WI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Oconto County, WI logged 293 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 16.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Oconto County, WI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 10,114 customers without power, beginning December 1, 2019 and lasting about 2d.
- Is there a power outage in Oconto County, WI right now?
- None reported. As of October 19, 2026 17:55 UTC, no outages are reported by Wisconsin Power & Light Co, Wisconsin Electric Power Co and Wisconsin Public Service Corp in Oconto County, WI. There is no live feed for Oconto Electric Cooperative and Oconto Falls Water & Light Comm.
- Which utilities serve Oconto County, WI?
- Tracked electric providers include Wisconsin Public Service Corp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Oconto County.
54101, 54124, 54138, 54139, 54141, 54149, 54153, 54154, 54161, 54171, 54174, 54175
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 Oconto 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 | - |
| Wisconsin Public Service Corp | 10.5 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Wisconsin Power & Light Co | - | Live · county | - |
| Oconto Electric Cooperative | - | No live feed | - |
| Oconto Falls Water & Light Comm | - | 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/55083 and /api/v1/counties/55083/history.