Lapeer County, Michigan Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Lapeer County, Michigan had 52 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 1.92 times the US outage time per person and 0.85 times the Michigan rate. It ranks 43 of 81 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

5.8major outages per year

9 of 9years with a major outage

74 hrslongest major outage

Jul, Mayhardest months

July and May made up 39% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began May 4, 2018, reached 15,406 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 54.5 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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2015'152016'162017'172018'182019'192020'202021'212022'222023'23

Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	249,492	110	5
2016	100,318	14	2
2017	142,901	44	2
2018	600,846	75	3
2019	769,463	95	8
2020	328,484	102	7
2021	839,207	86	11
2022	489,256	75	7
2023	255,145	40	7

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
May 4, 2018	54.5	15,406	498,614
Jul 20, 2019	49.0	11,759	490,876
Dec 11, 2021	50.2	8,953	242,754
Sep 22, 2021	73.5	2,226	119,700
Nov 5, 2022	49.8	4,985	119,637

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.