When will the power be back in Alger County, MI?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Alger County, MI right now.

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Elsewhere in Michigan: 3,406 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 11:31 PM EDT.

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Who serves Alger County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Alger-Delta Cooperative Electric, DTE Electric and We Energies, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Upper Peninsula Power Company also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Alger County, MI

Last significant outage: Sep 4, 2026 — peaked at 336 customers, restored in ~1.7 hr (no severe weather).

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Sep 4, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Alger County, MI

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 98 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~2 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in fall.

That is shorter than the Michigan norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~4.5 hr.

Largest on record: ~3,430 customers out in May 2020, restored after about 1.5 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2020.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Communities covered

Communities in Alger County include Munising, Chatham, Au Train, Burt, Grand Island, Grand Marais, Limestone and Mathias. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Alger County, MI?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Alger include Alger-Delta Cooperative Electric, DTE Electric, We Energies and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

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Schoolcraft County · Delta County · Marquette County · Luce County · Dickinson County · Menominee County · Mackinac County · Baraga County

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