Power outages in Iron County, MI

We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Iron County yet. Upper Peninsula Power Company, Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp. and City of Crystal Falls - (MI) serve this county.

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Upper Peninsula Power Companyno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp.no live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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City of Crystal Falls - (MI)no live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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County outline

Outage history in Iron County

2014–2025 record

Iron County averaged 18.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Michigan counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 20. Half were over within 4 hours; the longest lasted 2.5 days, starting November 26, 2025.

The largest on record began December 16, 2021, with 4,599 customers out at once.

18.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt 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.
3 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
3.4 dayslongest on record (December 2021)
4,599most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
December 16, 20214,5993.4 days99,435
February 7, 20194,2571.5 hours4,351
June 15, 20223,5712.2 days45,693
May 9, 20222,92036 hours55,607
December 28, 20252,5081.8 days27,246

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom 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.