Dodge County, Wisconsin Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Dodge County, Wisconsin had 9 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Lower outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.28 times the US outage time per person and 0.51 times the Wisconsin rate. It ranks 43 of 70 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

1.0major outages per year

8 of 9years with a major outage

45 hrslongest major outage

Jun, Aughardest months

June and August made up 52% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Aug 28, 2018, reached 4,358 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 45.2 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	54,914	25	2
2016	20,677	19	0
2017	107,307	23	1
2018	129,799	25	1
2019	57,136	38	1
2020	44,513	30	1
2021	44,086	35	1
2022	54,593	29	1
2023	38,379	17	1

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
Aug 28, 2018	45.2	4,358	92,147
Jun 13, 2017	38.2	6,043	76,035
Jul 13, 2015	9.0	4,596	27,412
Jul 29, 2023	13.8	9,462	23,412
Jun 16, 2022	17.2	3,092	15,064

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.