Ogemaw County, Michigan Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Ogemaw County, Michigan had 56 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 7.23 times the US outage time per person and 3.21 times the Michigan rate. It ranks 2 of 81 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

6.2major outages per year

9 of 9years with a major outage

108 hrslongest major outage

Aug, Dechardest months

August and December made up 65% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Dec 24, 2015, reached 9,196 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 108.2 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	903,740	48	7
2016	44,510	26	3
2017	248,037	45	8
2018	396,715	30	4
2019	258,680	45	8
2020	274,664	52	7
2021	869,658	49	10
2022	278,988	43	7
2023	64,718	26	2

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
Dec 24, 2015	108.2	9,196	374,164
Aug 2, 2015	44.5	8,233	307,925
Dec 16, 2021	73.5	9,602	303,387
Aug 29, 2018	64.8	5,993	208,492
Aug 28, 2021	26.2	7,347	167,115

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.