Power outages in Buffalo County, WI

We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Buffalo County yet. Northern States Power Co, Riverland Energy Cooperative and Eau Claire Electric Coop serve this county.

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Northern States Power Cono 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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Riverland Energy Cooperativeno 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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Eau Claire Electric Coopno 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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Pierce-Pepin Coop Servicesno 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 Buffalo County

2014–2025 record

Buffalo County averaged 18.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Wisconsin counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 23. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 10 hours, starting July 29, 2025.

The largest on record began April 3, 2024, with 2,326 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in July.

18.3significant 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.
2 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
1.7 dayslongest on record (December 2021)
2,326most 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.
April 3, 20242,32630 minutes1,163
July 11, 20222,0491.5 hours2,049
June 6, 20241,5982.5 hours3,196
June 17, 20181,58218 hours10,512
January 2, 20191,5691 hour1,569

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.