Newaygo County, Michigan Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Newaygo County, Michigan had 41 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 2.44 times the US outage time per person and 1.08 times the Michigan rate. It ranks 30 of 81 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

4.6major outages per year

9 of 9years with a major outage

78 hrslongest major outage

Aug, Dechardest months

August and December made up 47% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Feb 27, 2023, reached 11,300 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 76.2 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	236,214	41	4
2016	52,608	27	1
2017	46,784	31	2
2018	182,407	39	4
2019	509,585	74	9
2020	168,848	48	5
2021	867,322	54	8
2022	154,944	67	5
2023	549,955	58	3

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 27, 2023	76.2	11,300	411,543
Aug 11, 2021	20.5	14,991	255,857
Dec 16, 2021	62.2	9,349	162,366
Aug 12, 2021	77.8	6,235	161,677
Dec 24, 2015	57.2	9,064	158,139

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.