Power Outages in Polk County, WI
Is there a power outage in Polk County, WI right now? None reported. As of October 20, 2026 03:35 UTC, no outages are reported by St Croix Electric Coop, Barron Electric Coop, Northern States Power Co and Polk-Burnett Electric Coop in Polk County, WI. There is no live feed for Northwestern Wisconsin Elec Co.
Polk County, WI is served by 5 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.7 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/wisconsin/polk-county
- As of
- October 20, 2026 03:35 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Polk County, WI", live data as of October 20, 2026 03:35 UTC. https://massoutage.com/wisconsin/polk-county
No active outages are reported by St Croix Electric Coop, Barron Electric Coop, Northern States Power Co and Polk-Burnett Electric Coop in Polk County.
No live feed for Northwestern Wisconsin Elec Co: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Polk 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 Northern States Power Co, Barron Electric Coop, Polk-Burnett Electric Coop, St Croix Electric Coop and Northwestern Wisconsin Elec Co; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
0.6%of this county's ~38,104 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Northwestern Wisconsin Elec Co. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Croix Electric Coop | Live · county | 0 | 106 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Barron Electric Coop | Live · county | 0 | 105 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Northern States Power Co | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Polk-Burnett Electric Coop | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Northwestern Wisconsin Elec Co | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
St Croix Electric Coop, Barron Electric Coop, Northern States Power Co and Polk-Burnett Electric Coop 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 Polk 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 (14)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54001 | 98 | ≤11 | 67 | 0 |
| 54020 | 66 | ≤11 | 44 | 0 |
| 54024 | 64 | ≤11 | 43 | ≤11 |
| 54837 | 53 | ≤11 | 43 | 0 |
| 54889 | 39 | ≤11 | 31 | 0 |
| 54810 | 37 | ≤11 | 25 | 0 |
| 54853 | 35 | ≤11 | 28 | ≤11 |
| 54005 | 35 | ≤11 | 27 | 0 |
| 54824 | 25 | ≤11 | 15 | 0 |
| 54009 | 25 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 54026 | 15 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 54006 | 15 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 54858 | 14 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 54826 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤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 Polk County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Polk County right now.
Polk 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
Latest Polk County, WI outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 10m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 461 customers out (1.4% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Polk County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Polk County went about 1.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 10,357 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 1.7 hrs.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 9,152 customers out) · decade average 2.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 196 | 1,032 | 0.4 |
| 2016 | 163 | 3,897 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | 412 | 10,357 | 2.8 |
| 2018 | 579 | 2,366 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | 533 | 9,152 | 14.4 |
| 2020 | 576 | 3,443 | 2.3 |
| 2021 | 516 | 2,567 | 1.3 |
| 2022 | 572 | 3,458 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 561 | 3,526 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 571 | 3,568 | 2.5 |
| 2025 | 557 | 3,575 | 1.7 |
Cost of power in Polk County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Polk 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
- Polk-Burnett Electric Coop16.0¢20,584 cust
- Barron Electric Coop16.0¢19,395 cust
- Northwestern Wisconsin Elec Co14.6¢12,999 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 High high winds exposure · 2.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Polk County: FAQ
- How often does Polk County, WI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Polk County, WI logged 557 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Polk County, WI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 10,357 customers without power, beginning July 12, 2017 and lasting about 20h 45m.
- Is there a power outage in Polk County, WI right now?
- None reported. As of October 20, 2026 03:35 UTC, no outages are reported by St Croix Electric Coop, Barron Electric Coop, Northern States Power Co and Polk-Burnett Electric Coop in Polk County, WI. There is no live feed for Northwestern Wisconsin Elec Co.
- Which utilities serve Polk County, WI?
- Tracked electric providers include Northern States Power Co, Polk-Burnett Electric Coop.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Polk County.
54001, 54005, 54006, 54009, 54020, 54024, 54026, 54810, 54824, 54826, 54837, 54853, 54858, 54889
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 Polk County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Wisconsin →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern States Power Co | 5.4 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Barron Electric Coop | 5.1 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Polk-Burnett Electric Coop | 1.7 hrs | Live · county | - |
| St Croix Electric Coop | - | Live · county | - |
| Northwestern Wisconsin Elec Co | - | 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/55095 and /api/v1/counties/55095/history.