When will the power be back in Eau Claire County, WI?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Eau Claire County, WI right now.

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Elsewhere in Wisconsin: 80 customers reported out — statewide status.

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Who serves Eau Claire County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Xcel Energy, Eau Claire Energy Cooperative, Riverland Energy Cooperative and Dunn Energy Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider. For the parent company's combined picture, see Xcel Energy outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Eau Claire County, WI

Last significant outage: Aug 31, 2026 — peaked at 409 customers, restored in ~5 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 4 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 5.2 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 25, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Eau Claire County, WI

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 193 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 1 major event of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~26,746 customers out in May 2022, restored after about 30 min. The busiest year on record here was 2018.

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.

Cities we track in Eau Claire County

Eau Claire

Communities in Eau Claire County include Altoona, Augusta, Fall Creek, Fairchild, Bridge Creek, Brunswick, Clear Creek and Drammen. 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 Eau Claire County, WI?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Eau Claire include Xcel Energy, Eau Claire Energy Cooperative, Riverland Energy Cooperative 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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