Wisconsin: official power outage sources

If your power is out

1. Stay away from downed lines and anything touching them. Call 911.
2. Report it to your own utility. The name and outage phone number are on your electric bill. Do not assume a neighbor has reported it.
3. Check your utility's outage page for the area affected and any restoration estimate. Only your utility can give that estimate.

More on staying safe during an outage

Utility outage pages

Each link covers only that utility's own customers. If your provider is not listed here, use the directories in the next section.

• We Energies Outage page The company warns that its outage summary may contain errors or delays. we-energies.com
• Wisconsin Public Service Utility website Check or report an outage from the homepage. wisconsinpublicservice.com
• Bayfield Electric Cooperative Utility website Serves six Wisconsin counties and part of Michigan. bayfieldelectric.com

Official state sources

Use these to find out which utility serves an address, to reach the regulator, and to follow state emergency information.

• Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: regulation overview Regulator psc.wi.gov
• Public Service Commission of Wisconsin: maps Provider directory Electric service-area maps. Some boundaries are approximate or old. psc.wi.gov
• ReadyWisconsin: power outages Emergency management readywisconsin.wi.gov
• National Weather Service Weather alerts Enter your town or ZIP code for current watches and warnings. A weather warning is not an outage prediction. weather.gov

Good to know in Wisconsin

• Alliant Energy (Wisconsin Power & Light) customers should go to Alliant's own website to check or report an outage.
• Co-op and city utility customers should check with their own provider; the big utilities' maps do not cover them.
• Some Wisconsin co-ops are based in neighboring states, such as East Central Energy (Minnesota) and Rock Energy (Illinois).
• Washington Island is served by its own co-op.
• The state's service-area maps are approximate. Your electric bill shows which company serves your address.

The wider grid

Regional grid organizations and balancing areas that cover all or part of Wisconsin: MISO. They balance supply and demand on the high-voltage system. Their alerts describe the regional system, not an outage on your street. How the pieces fit together