Ionia County, Michigan Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Ionia County, Michigan had 41 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 2.61 times the US outage time per person and 1.16 times the Michigan rate. It ranks 27 of 81 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

4.6major outages per year

9 of 9years with a major outage

134 hrslongest major outage

Feb, Aughardest months

February and August made up 57% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Feb 6, 2019, reached 14,143 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 134.5 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	165,656	43	3
2016	84,413	25	3
2017	309,745	33	2
2018	241,772	52	4
2019	1,396,335	67	6
2020	152,694	45	4
2021	462,698	43	8
2022	176,466	49	5
2023	820,706	52	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 6, 2019	134.5	14,143	983,384
Aug 25, 2023	102.0	12,623	615,446
Jul 20, 2019	66.5	5,812	233,215
Mar 9, 2017	21.0	10,361	164,259
Dec 11, 2021	61.2	3,694	129,028

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.