Southeastern Wisconsin has been dealing with a winter storm since early Friday morning. The storm is causing power outages in multiple counties.As of 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 14, We Energies is reporting 704 outages. A total of 11,864 customers are out of service. Below are the current number of customers without service per county.Waukesha - 7,079Milwaukee - 4,636 Washington - 111Ozaukee - 23 Racine - 4Walworth - 1Kenosha - 2 If you need to report an outage to We Energies or check the status, click here or call (800) 662-4797.For more information on snowfall totals and more, click here.At 8:21 p.m. on Sunday, We Energies says they've restored power to more than 250,000 customers. Crews are working through the night.At 9:31 p.m. Saturday, We Energies says they've restored power to nearly 190,000 customers. and will continue until the job is complete. Customers without power and in need of shelter can call 211 for assistance. We Energies says they hope to restore power to 98 percent of customers by Sunday night, and will get to everyone else Monday.At 4:00 p.m. Saturday, We Energies says they've restored power to more than 160,000 customers. They are working non-stop but gusty winds and slick roads are impacting travel times and restoration efforts. They estimate 85% of customers who lost power will have it restored by the end of Saturday. 98% of customers will be restored by Sunday night. The remaining customers without service will have their power restored or assigned a crew by Monday morning.At 8:15 a.m. Saturday, We Energies told 12 News they estimate power will be restored to most customers Saturday and into Sunday. They did not give specific times. Brenden Conway with We Energies says its taking crews a long time to get from outage to outage, and its also taking longer to repair each outage. Conway says crews may have to dig out power lines before they can get to work. At 7:15 a.m. Saturday, We Energies told 12 News crews restored power to more than 100,000 customers since the storm began. Brenden Conway with We Energies told us more crews are coming from the northern part of the state, which has not experienced as many outages as southeast Wisconsin. We Energies did not say exactly when power will be completely restored but said crews are working as fast as they can. WATCH: At 8:12 p.m. Friday, We Energies says they've restored power to more than 60,000 customers. Crews will be working around the clock to restore power. We Energies is also advising customers to stay at least 25 feet away from any downed wires and report them to a local law enforcement right away.At 4:48 p.m. Friday, We Energies posted on X that they've restored power to over 30,000 customers.
MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Wis. —
Southeastern Wisconsin has been dealing with a winter storm since early Friday morning. The storm is causing power outages in multiple counties.
As of 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 14, We Energies is reporting 704 outages. A total of 11,864 customers are out of service. Below are the current number of customers without service per county.
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- Waukesha - 7,079
- Milwaukee - 4,636
- Washington - 111
- Ozaukee - 23
- Racine - 4
- Walworth - 1
- Kenosha - 2
If you need to report an outage to We Energies or check the status, click here or call (800) 662-4797.
For more information on snowfall totals and more, click here.
At 8:21 p.m. on Sunday, We Energies says they've restored power to more than 250,000 customers. Crews are working through the night.
At 9:31 p.m. Saturday, We Energies says they've restored power to nearly 190,000 customers. and will continue until the job is complete. Customers without power and in need of shelter can call 211 for assistance. We Energies says they hope to restore power to 98 percent of customers by Sunday night, and will get to everyone else Monday.
At 4:00 p.m. Saturday, We Energies says they've restored power to more than 160,000 customers. They are working non-stop but gusty winds and slick roads are impacting travel times and restoration efforts. They estimate 85% of customers who lost power will have it restored by the end of Saturday. 98% of customers will be restored by Sunday night. The remaining customers without service will have their power restored or assigned a crew by Monday morning.
At 8:15 a.m. Saturday, We Energies told 12 News they estimate power will be restored to most customers Saturday and into Sunday. They did not give specific times. Brenden Conway with We Energies says its taking crews a long time to get from outage to outage, and its also taking longer to repair each outage. Conway says crews may have to dig out power lines before they can get to work.
At 7:15 a.m. Saturday, We Energies told 12 News crews restored power to more than 100,000 customers since the storm began. Brenden Conway with We Energies told us more crews are coming from the northern part of the state, which has not experienced as many outages as southeast Wisconsin. We Energies did not say exactly when power will be completely restored but said crews are working as fast as they can.
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At 8:12 p.m. Friday, We Energies says they've restored power to more than 60,000 customers. Crews will be working around the clock to restore power. We Energies is also advising customers to stay at least 25 feet away from any downed wires and report them to a local law enforcement right away.
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At 4:48 p.m. Friday, We Energies posted on X that they've restored power to over 30,000 customers.
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— We Energies (@we_energies) January 12, 2024We have restored power to more than 30k customers.
Our crews are working nonstop cleaning up outages from the storm and vehicles hitting our poles. Customers can get the latest information on our online outage map. pic.twitter.com/xN3jPyA8Bd
