Power outages in Alpena, MI
Live outages for Alpena and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Alpena has 10,088 residents.
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Outage history in Alpena County, which includes Alpena
2014–2025 recordAlpena County averaged 7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Michigan counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 8. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 18 days, starting March 29, 2025.
The largest on record began March 29, 2025, with 3,528 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in November.
7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.2 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.18 dayslongest on record (March 2025)
3,528most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| March 29, 2025 | 3,528 | 18 days | 907,772 |
| December 12, 2020 | 2,060 | 21 hours | 14,271 |
| April 12, 2024 | 1,927 | 34 hours | 43,487 |
| March 30, 2022 | 1,547 | 45 minutes | 604 |
| November 16, 2022 | 1,465 | 1.6 days | 20,707 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.