Utilities report these on their own live outage maps, which can total more than the current county figure while an outage is still growing or being restored.
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An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include DTE Electric, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Wyandotte Municipal Service Commission 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 — Wayne County, MI
Last significant outage: Sep 30, 2026 — peaked at 978 customers, restored in ~18 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 40 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 17.1 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 24, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Wayne County, MI
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
2,062 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 87 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~14 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.
That is longer than the Michigan norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~4.5 hr.
Largest on record: ~311,048 customers out in February 2023, restored after about 6.9 days. The busiest year on record here was 2022.
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 in Wayne County include Detroit, Dearborn, Livonia, Westland, Taylor, Dearborn Heights, Lincoln Park and Southgate. 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 Wayne County, MI?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Wayne include DTE Electric and Wyandotte Municipal Service Commission — 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.
