Missaukee County, Michigan Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Missaukee County, Michigan had 30 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 4.48 times the US outage time per person and 1.99 times the Michigan rate. It ranks 10 of 81 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

3.3major outages per year

8 of 9years with a major outage

80 hrslongest major outage

Dec, Aughardest months

December and August made up 65% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Dec 16, 2021, reached 6,906 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 72.8 hours.

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

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Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	297,010	27	3
2016	55,467	12	1
2017	52,155	11	4
2018	114,688	12	1
2019	120,476	43	4
2020	221,979	32	5
2021	495,560	31	6
2022	114,156	27	6
2023	32,294	25	0

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start date	Hours	Peak customers	Customer-hours
Dec 16, 2021	72.8	6,906	324,592
Dec 24, 2015	80.2	3,710	132,334
Dec 12, 2020	50.2	5,043	109,629
Aug 2, 2015	32.2	4,815	97,566
Aug 29, 2018	74.0	2,043	92,313

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

Phones, Wi-Fi, lights, about 60 WRefrigerator, about 60 WChest freezer, about 40 WGas furnace fan, about 160 W

Hours to cover: 24

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.