Oconto Electric Cooperative
P.O. Box 168
Oconto Falls, WI 54154-0168

(920) 846-2816 | (800) 472-8410

Office Hours:
Monday through Friday
7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday (lobby service only)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
DATETIMEDURATIONLocationCAUSE
1-31-2010OEC members experienced 11 outages in the month of January, affecting 327 members for a total of 513 outage hours.A vehicle accident on Hwy Z west of Klondike accounted for 460 of the outage hours.
1-17-20103:23am1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hoursCty Rd Z, west of Klondike and roads north and south of ZA vehicle broke a pole off causing a single phase outage. In order to safely repair the outage, both phases need to be taken out. 60 members were out for 2 1/2 hours and an additional 257 members were out for 1 1/2 hours.
12-31-2009In the month of December, OEC had a total of 23 outages, affecting 102 members for a total of 238 consumer hours out.The storm we had December 9th created a total of 11 outages, affecting 56 members for a total of 162 outage hours out.
11-30-2009During November Oconto Electric experienced 22 outages across its system. They affected 1,864 members for a total of 2,381 total hours out.Bird and squirrel activity accounted for 12 of the 22 outages affecting 1688 total members.
10-31During the month of October, OEC members experienced 44 outages, affecting 705 members for a total of 1175 hours out.High winds at the end of the month accounted for 13 of the outages and trees falling into lines accounted for another 10 outages.
9-28-09afternoon & evening1 to 2 hoursOEC experienced 14 outages affecting 340 members across our entire systemVery high winds knocked trees down onto power lines.
8-31-09OEC had a total of 34 outages for the month of August affecting 760 members for a total of 972 hours out. Bird and squirrel activity and trees accounted for 17 of the outages and 224 of the members.
7-31-09During the month of July OEC members experienced 36 outages which affected 722 members for a total of 1379 hours out of power.Bird and squirrel activity accounted for 19 of the outages. 4 outages caused by lightning affected 455 members.
7-1-2009During the month of June, OEC members experienced 26 outages, affecting 511 members for a total of 880 outage hours.A planned outage was taken because of the single phase to 3 phase construction along Hwy 22 from the Oconto city limits west 3 miles which affected 131 members.
6-1-2009OEC members experienced 37 outages in the month of May affecting 341 members.15 outages affecting 287 members were caused by trees falling into our lines due to an exceptionally windy spring.
5-1-2009OEC members experienced 15 outages in the month of April, affecting 505 members for a total of 663 outage hours out. A tree on the line near Half Moon Lake Rd caused an outage that affected 379 members.
3-31-2009During the month of March, OEC members experienced 18 outages, affecting 706 members for a total of 874 outage hours out.8 of the outages, affecting a total of 325 members, were caused by the high winds we had March 10 & 11. 2 car hits this month affected 95 members and someone cutting a tree that dropped on the line affected 35 more. A 15 minute outage to do line maintanence also affected 232 members.
2-28-2009For the month of February, OEC had 16outages affecting 402 members for a total of 280 outage hours.The heavy wet snow we received on 2-18 created 8 outages affecting 56 members. A broken fuse holder created an outage on 2-25 that affected 282 members
1-31-2009OEC had 5 outages in January affecting 90 members for a total of 74 consumer outage hours.4 of the outages were due to wires snapping in the severe cold we had. The other outage was an URD secondary fault.