Power Outages in Walworth County, WI
Is there a power outage in Walworth County, WI right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 14:40 UTC, about 6 customers are without power in Walworth County, WI across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) and City of Elkhorn - (WI), so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Walworth County, WI is served by 5 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.0 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/wisconsin/walworth-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 14:40 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Walworth County, WI", live data as of October 19, 2026 14:40 UTC. https://massoutage.com/wisconsin/walworth-county
Not counted: no live feed for Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) and City of Elkhorn - (WI).
Report an outage in Walworth 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, Rock Energy Cooperative, Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), Wisconsin Power & Light Co and City of Elkhorn - (WI); check your electric bill or the utility's website.
79%of this county's ~47,870 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), City of Elkhorn - (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Power & Light Co | Live · county | 6 | 37,955 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Rock Energy Cooperative | Live · county | 0 | 40 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Wisconsin Electric Power Co | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Elkhorn - (WI) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Wisconsin Power & Light Co, Rock Energy Cooperative and Wisconsin Electric 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 Walworth 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 (11)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53115 | 163 | ≤11 | 124 | ≤11 |
| 53121 | 147 | ≤11 | 105 | ≤11 |
| 53147 | 143 | ≤11 | 105 | ≤11 |
| 53190 | 97 | ≤11 | 71 | ≤11 |
| 53128 | 69 | ≤11 | 52 | ≤11 |
| 53120 | 66 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| 53184 | 50 | ≤11 | 35 | 0 |
| 53191 | 26 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 53114 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 53125 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 53585 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 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 Walworth County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Walworth County right now.
Walworth County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×6
- Dense Fog Advisory ×3
- Freeze Warning ×3
- Freeze Watch ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Latest Walworth County, WI outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 35m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 955 customers out (2.0% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Walworth County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Walworth Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Walworth County went about 3.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 15,076 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 3.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 15,076 customers out) · decade average 4.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 683 | 4,277 | 2.5 |
| 2016 | 680 | 3,757 | 2.0 |
| 2017 | 633 | 7,329 | 5.6 |
| 2018 | 775 | 4,308 | 2.1 |
| 2019 | 781 | 7,472 | 4.1 |
| 2020 | 730 | 7,530 | 4.7 |
| 2021 | 747 | 7,818 | 4.2 |
| 2022 | 719 | 3,416 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 770 | 15,076 | 13.4 |
| 2024 | 828 | 13,468 | 8.9 |
| 2025 | 755 | 3,916 | 3.0 |
Cost of power in Walworth County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Walworth 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
- Rock Energy Cooperative14.3¢7,409 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 · 4.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Walworth County: FAQ
- How often does Walworth County, WI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Walworth County, WI logged 755 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Walworth County, WI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 15,076 customers without power, beginning February 22, 2023 and lasting about 3d 9h.
- Is there a power outage in Walworth County, WI right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 14:40 UTC, about 6 customers are without power in Walworth County, WI across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) and City of Elkhorn - (WI), so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Walworth County, WI?
- Tracked electric providers include Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), Wisconsin Electric Power Co, Wisconsin Power & Light Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Walworth County.
53114, 53115, 53120, 53121, 53125, 53128, 53147, 53157, 53176, 53184, 53190, 53191, 53195, 53585
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 Walworth 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 | - |
| Rock Energy Cooperative | 0.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | - | No live feed | - |
| Wisconsin Power & Light Co | - | Live · county | - |
| City of Elkhorn - (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/55127 and /api/v1/counties/55127/history. Live data as of .