When's the Power Back?

Power restored in Milwaukee County, WI after outage that peaked at 41,262 customers

Electricity is back for most of Milwaukee County after an outage that peaked at 41,262 customers out; service was affected for roughly 19.7 hours.

When's the Power Back? editorial · published Jul 27, 12:44 PM CDT · updated Jul 28, 1:45 AM CDT · human-reviewed before publication · corrections: contact us
Power restored
peak of 41,262 customers out · affected roughly 19.7 hours
⚠️ The area is under a Beach Hazards Statement per the National Weather Service.
How it developed
Jul 27, 10:50 PM CDT — 14,035 out · Jul 27, 11:05 PM CDT — 12,612 out · Jul 27, 11:20 PM CDT — 12,607 out · Jul 27, 11:35 PM CDT — 12,468 out · Jul 27, 11:50 PM CDT — 10,786 out · Jul 28, 12:20 AM CDT — 10,824 out · Jul 28, 12:35 AM CDT — 10,746 out · Jul 28, 12:50 AM CDT — 9,508 out · Jul 28, 1:05 AM CDT — 6,450 out · Jul 28, 1:20 AM CDT — 5,361 out · Jul 28, 1:35 AM CDT — 3,990 out · Jul 28, 1:45 AM CDT — 3,990 out
Track it live: the numbers above were frozen when this article was published — the live page for Milwaukee County updates about every 15 minutes with current counts, the utility's latest restoration time, and our estimate.