Wisconsin Power Outages by County

Wisconsin averaged 0.55 times the US outage time per person

That ranks 33 of 50 states and DC, where 1 has the most. July and June made up 46% of outage time. Records run from 2015 to 2023, and some counties start later.

Vilas County had the most outage time per resident of 70 rated counties.

Counties ranked by outage time

Rank	County	Major outages per year	Longest (hours)	Times US rate
1	Vilas County	4.7	88	6.91
2	Oneida County	3.9	77	4.32
3	Forest County	2.4	52	3.67
4	Lincoln County	2.8	97	2.41
5	Marinette County	2.8	79	2.32
6	Langlade County	2.1	66	2.28
7	Iron County	1.0	35	1.62
8	Sawyer County	1.6	62	1.61
9	Oconto County	2.6	80	1.46
10	Door County	1.7	36	1.24
11	Portage County	1.7	74	1.12
12	Waupaca County	1.1	94	1.07
13	Marquette County	1.1	48	1.01
14	Waushara County	1.2	72	0.99
15	Outagamie County	1.2	102	0.96
16	Rusk County	0.7	70	0.84
17	Polk County	1.0	89	0.79
18	Adams County	0.8	51	0.76
19	Shawano County	0.9	89	0.75
20	Jefferson County	1.7	63	0.68
21	Walworth County	2.4	48	0.67
22	Racine County	3.3	54	0.63
22	Waukesha County	3.7	76	0.63
24	Green Lake County	1.0	54	0.60
24	Marathon County	2.1	58	0.60
26	Kenosha County	3.0	50	0.59
27	Bayfield County	0.4	56	0.56
27	Milwaukee County	2.8	82	0.56
29	Ozaukee County	2.1	39	0.55
30	Ashland County	0.8	36	0.51
31	Washington County	2.6	43	0.49
32	St. Croix County	1.1	34	0.46
33	Washburn County	0.7	58	0.44
34	Barron County	1.2	50	0.43
34	Brown County	1.6	70	0.43
36	Wood County	0.9	57	0.42
37	Fond du Lac County	0.6	56	0.35
37	Sheboygan County	1.1	69	0.35
39	Sauk County	0.9	40	0.33
40	Clark County	0.8	45	0.31
40	Columbia County	0.8	44	0.31
40	Winnebago County	0.9	91	0.31
43	Dodge County	1.0	45	0.28
43	Iowa County	0.4	20	0.28
43	Kewaunee County	0.1	11	0.28
46	Burnett County	0.1	14	0.27
46	Chippewa County	0.8	46	0.27
48	Juneau County	0.3	23	0.25
48	La Crosse County	1.2	31	0.25
50	Buffalo County	0.4	20	0.24
50	Calumet County	0.2	38	0.24
50	Grant County	0.3	16	0.24
50	Pepin County	0.1	15	0.24
54	Crawford County	0.2	12	0.23
55	Douglas County	0.2	58	0.22
55	Vernon County	0.7	30	0.22
57	Green County	0.1	11	0.20
58	Monroe County	0.8	18	0.19
58	Price County	0.3	14	0.19
60	Dunn County	0.6	21	0.18
61	Manitowoc County	0.6	36	0.17
61	Trempealeau County	0.4	24	0.17
63	Eau Claire County	0.6	35	0.16
64	Lafayette County	0.2	16	0.15
64	Taylor County	0.4	34	0.15
66	Richland County	0.3	11	0.14
67	Rock County	0.4	18	0.13
68	Dane County	0.9	69	0.12
69	Pierce County	0.4	19	0.11
70	Jackson County	0.1	12	0.04

Rank uses outage time per resident. Times US rate compares each county with the national average.

When outages hit Wisconsin

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These counties have short histories, very small populations, or customer counts that look too high for the population.

Wisconsin averaged 0.55 times the US outage time per person

Counties ranked by outage time

When outages hit Wisconsin

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