Power Out Map
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Power outage history

Michigan

13hours

without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025. 4th of 51.

Largest outage on record Thunderstorms, August 11, 2021 873,852 customers out · 17% of the state
Electricity customers 5,278,480 Across 83 counties
Worst well-recorded year 2021 24 hours without power, average customer

County by county

Where Michigan goes dark

Hours without power for the average customer in a typical year. Hover a county; click to open it.

Fewer hours64+ h / yr

Most hours without power

  1. 1Alcona72 h
  2. 2Montmorency61 h
  3. 3Oscoda57 h
  4. 4Cheboygan39 h
  5. 5Presque Isle37 h
  6. 6Huron36 h
  7. 7Ogemaw36 h
  8. 8Crawford34 h
  9. 9Otsego32 h
  10. 10Mackinac30 h

Most reliable

  1. 1Grand Traverse2.8 h
  2. 2Houghton2.9 h
  3. 3Delta3.8 h
  4. 4Bay4.0 h
  5. 5Baraga4.3 h

Year by year

Hours in the dark, statewide

0 10 20 30 ’15 ’16 ’17 9.0 ’18 12 ’19 8.8 ’20 24 ’21 9.1 ’22 24 ’23 7.8 ’24 12 ’25 US 6.6

The record

Michigan's largest outages

Statewide events with at least 2% of customers, or 25,000, out at once, by peak.

BeganStormPeak outShare
Aug 10, 2021 Thunderstorms 873,852 16.6%
Feb 22, 2023 Ice storm 839,576 15.9%
Jul 20, 2019 Thunderstorms 478,688 9.1%
Aug 24, 2023 Thunderstorms 462,268 8.8%
Aug 31, 2022 No storm report 452,988 8.6%
Aug 27, 2024 Thunderstorms 380,776 7.2%
Mar 3, 2023 Winter storm 356,219 6.8%
Mar 30, 2025 Ice storm 349,386 6.6%
Jul 7, 2017 Thunderstorms 328,940 6.2%
Dec 11, 2021 Windstorm 324,424 6.2%
Apr 15, 2018 Winter storm 323,091 6.1%
May 4, 2018 Thunderstorms 310,992 5.9%

Every county

All 83 counties

CountyHours / yrMajor outages since 2018Customers
Alcona 72 107 6,050
Montmorency 61 49 6,073
Oscoda 57 65 5,044
Cheboygan 39 27 16,118
Presque Isle 37 17 8,198
Huron 36 58 10,545
Ogemaw 36 72 11,681
Crawford 34 42 8,218
Otsego 32 27 19,174
Mackinac 30 41 8,757
Clare 30 43 18,061
Sanilac 30 51 12,899
Roscommon 29 74 13,780
Arenac 28 49 9,864
Monroe 27 18 47,260
Iosco 27 50 14,310
Van Buren 25 39 24,276
Keweenaw 25 99 1,356
Lenawee 24 24 34,336
Gladwin 24 53 15,201
St. Joseph 22 36 19,440
Lake 22 46 9,226
Wayne 21 14 784,626
Antrim 20 35 15,641
Livingston 19 11 88,113

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities in Michigan

Reliability and residential price as reported to the EIA for the latest year. Outage minutes include major storm days.

UtilityTypeOutage min / yrExcl. major storms¢/kWhCustomers
DTE Electric Company Investor Owned 192 151 20.3 2.1M
Consumers Energy Co Investor Owned 820 164 20.7 1.7M
Great Lakes Energy Coop Cooperative 4,401 315 20.3 123k
Indiana Michigan Power Co Investor Owned 932 142 17.2 113k
City of Lansing Municipal 422 92 19.4 87k
Upper Peninsula Power Company Investor Owned 446 190 28.0 48k
Cloverland Electric Co-op Cooperative 1,020 357 14.3 36k
Cherryland Electric Coop Inc Cooperative 100 68 17.3 36k
Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp. Investor Owned 1,249 240 17.5 33k
Presque Isle Elec & Gas Coop Cooperative 9,074 307 23.9 33k
Midwest Energy Cooperative Cooperative 1,012 268 19.5 29k
City of Holland Municipal 71 33 11.4 27k
Tri-County Electric Coop (MI) Cooperative 1,153 119 18.3 23k
City of Bay City Municipal 109 70 15.3 18k
City of Marquette Municipal 891 163 16.8 15k