Monroe County, Michigan Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Monroe County, Michigan had 56 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 2.92 times the US outage time per person and 1.29 times the Michigan rate. It ranks 22 of 81 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

6.2major outages per year

8 of 9years with a major outage

213 hrslongest major outage

Aug, Febhardest months

August and February made up 56% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Feb 22, 2023, reached 31,789 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 212.8 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.

2015'152016'162017'172018'182019'192020'202021'212022'222023'23

Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	330,069	128	3
2016	22,974	16	0
2017	349,989	62	5
2018	910,404	163	9
2019	808,328	165	8
2020	511,714	130	6
2021	2,947,319	113	8
2022	561,658	111	8
2023	3,577,962	61	9

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
Feb 22, 2023	212.8	31,789	2,280,406
Aug 12, 2021	101.8	29,923	1,701,926
Aug 24, 2023	143.0	13,998	617,056
Dec 11, 2021	81.0	14,239	443,869
May 4, 2018	54.0	18,070	288,218

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.