Power Outages in Champaign County, IL
Is there a power outage in Champaign County, IL right now? None reported. As of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Ameren Illinois Company and Corn Belt Energy Corporation in Champaign County, IL. There is no live feed for Ameren, Eastern Illinois Elec Coop, University of Illinois and Village of Rantoul - (IL).
Champaign County, IL is served by 6 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.9 hours.
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- October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Champaign County, IL", live data as of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/illinois/champaign-county
No active outages are reported by Ameren Illinois Company and Corn Belt Energy Corporation in Champaign County.
No live feed for Ameren, Eastern Illinois Elec Coop, University of Illinois and Village of Rantoul - (IL): outages in theirservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Champaign County, IL
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Ameren Illinois Company, Corn Belt Energy Corporation, Eastern Illinois Elec Coop, Ameren, University of Illinois and Village of Rantoul - (IL); check your electric bill or the utility's website.
82%of this county's ~119,171 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Ameren, Eastern Illinois Elec Coop, University of Illinois, Village of Rantoul - (IL). 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 | 97,666 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Corn Belt Energy Corporation | Live · county | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Ameren | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Eastern Illinois Elec Coop | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| University of Illinois | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Village of Rantoul - (IL) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ameren Illinois Company and Corn Belt Energy Corporation reportevery 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 Champaign 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 (29)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61821 | 228 | ≤11 | 154 | ≤11 |
| 61802 | 198 | ≤11 | 148 | ≤11 |
| 61822 | 163 | ≤11 | 119 | ≤11 |
| 61866 | 142 | ≤11 | 105 | ≤11 |
| 61820 | 112 | ≤11 | 84 | ≤11 |
| 61853 | 106 | ≤11 | 82 | ≤11 |
| 61801 | 100 | ≤11 | 69 | ≤11 |
| 61874 | 68 | ≤11 | 52 | 0 |
| 61873 | 52 | ≤11 | 35 | ≤11 |
| 61880 | 49 | ≤11 | 39 | ≤11 |
| 61843 | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 61878 | 18 | ≤11 | 14 | 0 |
| 61849 | 17 | ≤11 | 15 | ≤11 |
| 61877 | 14 | ≤11 | 12 | 0 |
| 61847 | 13 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 61872 | 12 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 61875 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 61871 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 61864 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 61863 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 61862 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 61859 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 61852 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 61851 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 61845 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 61840 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 61816 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 61815 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 60949 | ≤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 Champaign County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Champaign County right now.
Champaign County has been under 6 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 18, 2026.
- Frost Advisory ×3
- Dense Fog Advisory ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Latest Champaign 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: 528 customers out (0.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 35m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 3, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,132 customers out (1.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 15m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 357 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 2,617 customers out (2.9% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Champaign County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Champaignno outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Champaign County went about 1.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 30,548 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 1.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 30,548 customers out) · decade average 2.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 642 | 4,206 | 1.1 |
| 2016 | 831 | 3,612 | 1.4 |
| 2017 | 420 | 3,663 | 0.4 |
| 2018 | 805 | 5,636 | 1.9 |
| 2019 | 898 | 8,370 | 2.4 |
| 2020 | 868 | 5,692 | 2.5 |
| 2021 | 879 | 2,689 | 1.6 |
| 2022 | 957 | 2,966 | 1.6 |
| 2023 | 879 | 30,548 | 12.4 |
| 2024 | 868 | 9,622 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 844 | 5,900 | 1.9 |
Cost of power in Champaign County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Champaign 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
- Corn Belt Energy Corporation15.6¢34,952 cust
- Eastern Illinois Elec Coop17.7¢11,001 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively High high winds exposure · 2.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Champaign County: FAQ
- How often does Champaign County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Champaign County, IL logged 844 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Champaign County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 30,548 customers without power, beginning June 29, 2023 and lasting about 7d 12h.
- Is there a power outage in Champaign County, IL right now?
- None reported. As of October 19, 2026 16:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Ameren Illinois Company and Corn Belt Energy Corporation in Champaign County, IL. There is no live feed for Ameren, Eastern Illinois Elec Coop, University of Illinois and Village of Rantoul - (IL).
- Which utilities serve Champaign County, IL?
- Tracked electric providers include Ameren, Ameren Illinois Company.
Champaign. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Champaign County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Champaign County.
60949, 61801, 61802, 61815, 61816, 61820, 61821, 61822, 61840, 61843, 61845, 61847, 61849, 61851, 61852, 61853, 61859, 61862, 61863, 61864, 61866, 61871, 61872, 61873, 61874, 61875, 61877, 61878, 61880
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Champaign County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Illinois →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ameren Illinois Company | 4.8 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Corn Belt Energy Corporation | 22.7 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Eastern Illinois Elec Coop | 3.7 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Ameren | - | No live feed | - |
| University of Illinois | - | No live feed | - |
| Village of Rantoul - (IL) | - | 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/17019 and /api/v1/counties/17019/history.