Power Outages in Adams County, IL
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, no outages are reported by Ameren Illinois Company in Adams County, IL. There is no live feed for Adams Electric Coop, Ameren, Illinois Rural Electric Coop and Western Illinois Elec Coop. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.8 hours.
Adams County, IL is served by 5 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/illinois/adams-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Adams County, IL", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/illinois/adams-county
No active outages are reported by Ameren Illinois Company in Adams County.
No live feed for Adams Electric Coop, Ameren, Illinois Rural Electric Coop and Western Illinois Elec Coop: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
64%of this county's ~42,505 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Adams Electric Coop, Ameren, Illinois Rural Electric Coop, Western Illinois Elec Coop. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ameren Illinois Company | Live · county | 0 | 27,321 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Adams Electric Coop | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ameren | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Illinois Rural Electric Coop | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Western Illinois Elec Coop | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ameren Illinois Company reportsevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Adams Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (14)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62301 | 490 | ≤11 | 407 | ≤11 |
| 62305 | 285 | ≤11 | 241 | ≤11 |
| 62347 | 31 | 0 | 24 | ≤11 |
| 62351 | 29 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 62320 | 25 | 0 | 17 | ≤11 |
| 62338 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 62376 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 62360 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 62324 | 14 | ≤11 | 13 | 0 |
| 62365 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62349 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62346 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62339 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62325 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Adams County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Adams County right now.
Adams County has been under 17 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Warning ×7
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×5
- Flood Advisory ×3
- Frost Advisory ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Adams County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Adams County went about 2.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 21,688 customers.
The US EIA reports Illinois utilities averaged 2.4 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 2.8 hrs.
Worst year here was 2015 (peak 21,688 customers out) · decade average 4.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 416 | 21,688 | 26.5 |
| 2016 | 580 | 6,703 | 2.0 |
| 2017 | 291 | 4,181 | 0.9 |
| 2018 | 648 | 967 | 0.6 |
| 2019 | 634 | 3,603 | 1.4 |
| 2020 | 716 | 6,772 | 1.9 |
| 2021 | 210 | 5,567 | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 671 | 3,280 | 2.5 |
| 2023 | 552 | 5,135 | 2.8 |
| 2024 | 639 | 5,025 | 2.7 |
| 2025 | 603 | 6,159 | 2.8 |
Cost of power in Adams County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Adams County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Ameren Illinois Company16.7¢587,659 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Relatively High high winds exposure · 4.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Adams County: FAQ
- How often does Adams County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Adams County, IL logged 603 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Adams County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 21,688 customers without power, beginning July 12, 2015 and lasting about 6d 2h.
- Is there a power outage in Adams County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Adams County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Adams County, IL?
- Tracked electric providers include Ameren, Ameren Illinois Company.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Adams County.
62301, 62305, 62320, 62324, 62325, 62338, 62339, 62346, 62347, 62348, 62349, 62351, 62359, 62360, 62365, 62376
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ameren Illinois Company | 4.8 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Ameren | - | No live feed | - |
| Illinois Rural Electric Coop | - | No live feed | - |
| Adams Electric Coop | - | No live feed | - |
| Western Illinois Elec Coop | - | No live feed | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17001 and /api/v1/counties/17001/history.