Power outages in Rusk County, WI
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Rusk County yet. Northern States Power Co, Barron Electric Coop and North Central Power Co Inc serve this county.
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No live outage data for Rusk County yet.
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This 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.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This 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.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This 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.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This 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.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This 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.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
Outage history in Rusk County
2014–2025 recordRusk County averaged 11.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Wisconsin counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 13. Half were over within 3.5 hours; the longest lasted 23 hours, starting May 15, 2025.
The largest on record began December 15, 2022, with 4,418 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in July.
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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.i
Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.| 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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| December 15, 2022 | 4,418 | 2.9 days | 157,578 |
| January 1, 2019 | 4,061 | 5.5 hours | 13,375 |
| October 9, 2025 | 3,657 | 15 minutes | 914 |
| May 15, 2025 | 3,359 | 23 hours | 21,889 |
| May 11, 2022 | 2,867 | 1.5 hours | 1,338 |
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.
Cities in Rusk County
Utilities
- Northern States Power Co no live feed
- Barron Electric Coop no live feed
- North Central Power Co Inc no live feed
- Chippewa Valley Electric Coop no live feed
- Jump River Electric Coop Inc no live feed
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