Tuscola County, Michigan Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Tuscola County, Michigan had 35 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 1.93 times the US outage time per person and 0.86 times the Michigan rate. It ranks 42 of 81 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

3.9major outages per year

8 of 9years with a major outage

92 hrslongest major outage

Nov, Mayhardest months

November and May made up 27% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began May 4, 2018, reached 6,715 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 54.8 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Michigan counties

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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	241,143	86	5
2016	12,375	11	0
2017	295,734	20	2
2018	331,816	35	4
2019	220,570	23	4
2020	399,410	66	5
2021	492,489	44	7
2022	187,088	29	5
2023	61,303	21	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
May 4, 2018	54.8	6,715	257,283
Apr 6, 2017	76.0	4,558	192,037
Dec 11, 2021	71.2	6,138	156,958
Sep 23, 2021	92.2	3,131	148,818
Jul 20, 2019	49.0	3,175	134,478

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.