KENOSHA, Wis. — A powerful line of thunderstorms has left tens of thousands of We Energies customers across southeastern Wisconsin without electricity, and the utility is warning some residents that the damage is so extensive that restoring power could take multiple days.
As of about 9:20 p.m. Monday, We Energies was reporting 78,322 customers without power across its service territory, including 30,643 customers in Kenosha County alone. Kenosha County had the highest number of reported outages of any county served by the utility.
Milwaukee County was reporting 14,748 customers without power, followed by Outagamie County with 14,695, Winnebago County with 9,863, and Racine County with 3,516. In total, We Energies was tracking 771 separate outages.
Many customers also received an automated phone call from We Energies advising that widespread storm damage had caused significant damage to electrical infrastructure. According to the message, repair crews are responding, but the extent of the damage means that some customers may be without electricity for multiple days before service can be restored.
The outage map showed hundreds of separate outage locations throughout Kenosha County, with particularly heavy concentrations in the eastern portion of the county, where the strongest storms moved through Monday evening.
Utility crews will first focus on repairing major transmission lines and substations before working on neighborhood distribution lines and individual service connections. Restoration times will vary depending on the amount of damage in each area.
Residents are urged to stay away from any downed power lines and assume they are energized. Any downed wires should be reported immediately to We Energies or 911 if they pose an immediate danger.
Customers can monitor restoration progress through the We Energies outage map and report outages if they have not already done so. With severe storm damage spread across multiple counties, restoration efforts are expected to continue around the clock until power is restored.
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29 Responses
This is a fucking joke. Work harder. Several days? GTFO.
Ahh yes, because restoring power to nearly 80,000+ customers is something that can be done with haste! Let’s see you sign up to fix the 10,000+ volt power lines. Do it quick!
Cars.
It’s their job plus overtime you ass
go put the fries in the bag and stfu
Sure fag
it’s a little more involved than the ding fries are done in your line of work
Sure, boot licker.
There are no downed poles yet it’s going to take them several days to restore power?
I found the cuck in the room.
I found the crayon eater. Why all the hatred? Did a WE energies employee steal your girl?
I’m guessing it’s a school teacher.
Oh so you were looking in the mirror?? Glad you found him
Third world country
If Weenergies has crews coming in from out of state, then they are doing all they can.
why don’t you do it?
Any idea where I can turn to to get assistance for my mother in law and sister in law who are both on oxygen. WE energies won’t help them and neither will the Red Cross. I called the police department non emergency number to see if they knew of where we could get assistance and they said we energies. Any ideas?
Their oxygen DME company should have emergency backup tanks available. These tanks are huge and can last quite some time for typical usage. I would try checking with them to see what options are available!
They sell a battery pack 2-3000 W inverter for a few hundred dollars. It would allow you to plug their oxygen generators right into their. I’m not sure how many watts the oxygen generator uses so I’m not sure how long will last at least 10 to 12 hours before having to recharge it.
I’d also agree that the company did leases them. The oxygen machines is required to leave a backup tank for cases just like this that would be my first call is medical supply company.
Call your medical equipment supplier for extra tanks to get you through this bump in the road of life
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Move to a non third world country. Btw, the USA just spent over 40 billion bombing Iran but can’t put money into infrastructure
I’m wondering if the Microsoft data center has power? Of course they do, they have back-up generators.
Every wonder how you would survive if you lost power? Here’s your chance to prep.
They do a horrible job of maintaining tree branches clear from powerlines. Any wind, storm, or heavy snow and we’re without power.
Has anyone ever considered having backup power for traffic lights?
We have been without power since yesterday.Afternoon. And thanks me to God, it just came back on
God had nothing to do with that dumb fuck.
you eat with that mouth?
why would “God”care who gets power back and who does not?
We lost power yesterday for 6 hours. We just lost it again now. The text states will be back on by 10pm. Are we compensated for the loss?
Not for acts of nature
The new norm. Democrats got rid of the power grid for solar and wind. How do you like it now.