Power Outages in Calhoun County, IL
Ameren Illinois Company publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Illinois Rural Electric Coop. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 9.4 hours.
Calhoun County, IL is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/illinois/calhoun-county
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Calhoun County, IL". https://massoutage.com/illinois/calhoun-county
Ameren Illinois Company publishes no county-level figures.
No live feed for Illinois Rural Electric Coop: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~2,685 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Illinois Rural Electric Coop. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Ameren Illinois Company.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ameren Illinois Company | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Illinois Rural Electric Coop | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Calhoun 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 (9)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62047 | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 62355 | 12 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62070 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62065 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62053 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62045 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62036 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62013 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62006 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤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 Calhoun County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Calhoun County right now.
Calhoun County has been under 36 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 18, 2026.
- Flood Warning ×28
- Heat Advisory ×5
- Frost Advisory ×3
Latest Calhoun County, IL outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 40m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 182 customers out (9.8% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Calhoun County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Calhoun County went about 9.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,391 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 9.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2015 (peak 1,391 customers out) · decade average 6.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 37 | 1,391 | 15.3 |
| 2016 | 89 | 1,373 | 4.3 |
| 2017 | 57 | 290 | 0.5 |
| 2018 | 116 | 928 | 6.1 |
| 2019 | 117 | 1,121 | 4.8 |
| 2020 | 64 | 300 | 1.1 |
| 2021 | 96 | 861 | 8.1 |
| 2022 | 102 | 852 | 6.5 |
| 2023 | 101 | 890 | 4.6 |
| 2024 | 88 | 835 | 8.0 |
| 2025 | 80 | 1,114 | 9.4 |
Cost of power in Calhoun County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Calhoun 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.
Very Low hurricanes exposure · 6.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Calhoun County: FAQ
- How often does Calhoun County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Calhoun County, IL logged 80 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 9.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Calhoun County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,391 customers without power, beginning December 23, 2015 and lasting about 9h.
- Is there a power outage in Calhoun County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Calhoun County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Calhoun County, IL?
- Tracked electric providers include Ameren Illinois Company.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Calhoun County.
62006, 62013, 62036, 62045, 62047, 62053
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 · total only | - |
| Illinois Rural Electric 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/17013 and /api/v1/counties/17013/history.