June 15, 2022
Wisconsin – About 73,000 WPS and We Energies customers lost power during the storm Wednesday evening. That number was around 50,000 less than a half-hour earlier.
They include 10,000 homes and businesses in the Green Bay area, and nearly 70% of Wisconsin Public Service customers in both Wausaukee and Suamico.
We Energies reported more than 18,000 customers in Outagamie County lost power, including a majority of its customers in Freedom and Seymour.
Earlier, Wisconsin Public Service spokesman Matt Cullen said, crews were working near the Wausau area to restore power to 7,000 customers there before the storms made it to our area.
The utility has crews on standby as the stormy weather continues to develop. Cullen says they’re taking inventory to make sure they have what they need to restore power to customers as quickly and safely as they can.
Wisconsin Public Service is urging people to report outages right away using the WPS mobile app so they can pinpoint the problem faster and send a crew to fix it.
We Energies has an app as well. Their mobile apps are also a great place to get updates from the utilities directly, so power outage alerts and updates can be sent to your phone.
“The thing to keep in mind anytime throughout the year again is, if you’ve experienced an outage make sure to report it to us. Use our app or use our website WisconsinPublicService.com or call us as well, because letting us know about an outage helps us pinpoint exactly where that damage is, who’s affected by that particular outage.
So it helps our crews be able to respond can safely and quickly to make repairs and restore power to our customers,” Cullen said.
