Schoolcraft County, Michigan Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Schoolcraft County, Michigan had 9 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Above middle outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.91 times the US outage time per person and 0.40 times the Michigan rate. It ranks 68 of 81 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

1.0major outages per year

3 of 9years with a major outage

36 hrslongest major outage

Mar, Dechardest months

March and December made up 36% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Mar 23, 2022, reached 1,839 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 36.0 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	5,300	3	0
2016	1,778	1	0
2017	130	1	0
2018	6,757	6	0
2019	4,699	7	0
2020	15,776	17	0
2021	41,475	20	2
2022	48,155	21	2
2023	39,971	19	5

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
Mar 23, 2022	36.0	1,839	22,772
Dec 11, 2021	13.2	1,734	12,316
Dec 16, 2021	16.5	1,985	10,350
Nov 6, 2022	17.2	1,125	9,938
Jul 11, 2023	13.5	1,519	9,428

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.