Jackson County, Michigan Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Jackson County, Michigan had 48 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 3.65 times the US outage time per person and 1.62 times the Michigan rate. It ranks 16 of 81 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

5.3major outages per year

9 of 9years with a major outage

123 hrslongest major outage

Aug, Febhardest months

August and February made up 73% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Feb 23, 2023, reached 47,981 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 118.0 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.

2015'152016'162017'172018'182019'192020'202021'212022'222023'23

Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	304,599	96	6
2016	244,650	67	3
2017	800,437	66	4
2018	321,622	82	3
2019	292,632	84	6
2020	717,180	86	6
2021	2,000,882	107	5
2022	1,711,509	113	9
2023	6,472,287	103	6

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
Feb 23, 2023	118.0	47,981	3,871,092
Aug 25, 2023	108.5	32,890	1,811,876
Aug 12, 2021	123.2	22,308	1,521,712
Aug 30, 2022	72.5	22,175	817,894
Jun 10, 2020	77.5	10,887	377,092

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.