Power Outages in Sawyer County, WI
Is there a power outage in Sawyer County, WI right now? None reported. As of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Jump River Electric Coop Inc, Barron Electric Coop, Price Electric Coop Inc and Northern States Power Co in Sawyer County, WI. There is no live feed for Bayfield Electric Coop, Inc and North Central Power Co Inc.
Sawyer County, WI is served by 6 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.8 hours.
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- October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Sawyer County, WI", live data as of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/wisconsin/sawyer-county
No active outages are reported by Jump River Electric Coop Inc, Barron Electric Coop, Price Electric Coop Inc and Northern States Power Co in Sawyer County.
No live feed for Bayfield Electric Coop, Inc and North Central Power Co Inc: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Sawyer 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, Price Electric Coop Inc, Bayfield Electric Coop, Inc, Jump River Electric Coop Inc and North Central Power Co Inc; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
32%of this county's ~17,897 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Bayfield Electric Coop, Inc, North Central Power Co Inc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jump River Electric Coop Inc | Live · county | 0 | 5,241 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Barron Electric Coop | Live · county | 0 | 279 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Price Electric Coop Inc | Live · county | 0 | 162 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Northern States Power Co | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Bayfield Electric Coop, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| North Central Power Co Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jump River Electric Coop Inc, Barron Electric Coop, Price Electric Coop Inc and Northern States 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 Sawyer 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 (8)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54843 | 116 | ≤11 | 88 | 0 |
| 54817 | 25 | ≤11 | 18 | 0 |
| 54896 | 24 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 54835 | 20 | ≤11 | 17 | 0 |
| 54876 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 54867 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 54862 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 54828 | ≤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 Sawyer County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Sawyer County right now.
Sawyer County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 5, 2026.
- Frost Advisory ×11
- Dense Fog Advisory ×3
Latest Sawyer County, WI outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 3m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 24, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 354 customers out (2.7% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Sawyer County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Sawyer County went about 7.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,902 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 7.8 hrs.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 5,902 customers out) · decade average 6.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 182 | 2,504 | 2.1 |
| 2016 | 169 | 3,348 | 8.5 |
| 2017 | 198 | 2,914 | 6.7 |
| 2018 | 236 | 1,306 | 2.1 |
| 2019 | 271 | 4,356 | 3.1 |
| 2020 | 298 | 2,003 | 3.7 |
| 2021 | 246 | 2,096 | 2.7 |
| 2022 | 318 | 5,902 | 26.2 |
| 2023 | 269 | 3,620 | 1.9 |
| 2024 | 338 | 2,660 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 339 | 2,886 | 7.8 |
Cost of power in Sawyer County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Sawyer 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
- Barron Electric Coop16.0¢19,395 cust
- North Central Power Co Inc16.4¢5,063 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 · 6.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Sawyer County: FAQ
- How often does Sawyer County, WI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Sawyer County, WI logged 339 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Sawyer County, WI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,902 customers without power, beginning December 15, 2022 and lasting about 3d 7h.
- Is there a power outage in Sawyer County, WI right now?
- None reported. As of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Jump River Electric Coop Inc, Barron Electric Coop, Price Electric Coop Inc and Northern States Power Co in Sawyer County, WI. There is no live feed for Bayfield Electric Coop, Inc and North Central Power Co Inc.
- Which utilities serve Sawyer County, WI?
- Tracked electric providers include Barron Electric Coop, Jump River Electric Coop Inc, Northern States Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Sawyer County.
54828, 54835, 54843, 54862, 54867, 54876, 54896
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 Sawyer 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 | - |
| Price Electric Coop Inc | - | Live · county | - |
| Bayfield Electric Coop, Inc | - | No live feed | - |
| Jump River Electric Coop Inc | - | Live · county | - |
| North Central Power Co Inc | - | 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/55113 and /api/v1/counties/55113/history.