Power Outages in Coles County, IL
Is there a power outage in Coles County, IL right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 17:30 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Coles County, IL across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Ameren, Coles-Moultrie Electric Coop and Enerstar Power Corp, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Coles County, IL is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.6 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/illinois/coles-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 17:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Coles County, IL", live data as of October 19, 2026 17:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/illinois/coles-county
Not counted: no live feed for Ameren, Coles-Moultrie Electric Coop and Enerstar Power Corp.
Report an outage in Coles 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, Ameren, Coles-Moultrie Electric Coop and Enerstar Power Corp; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
59%of this county's ~32,343 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Ameren, Coles-Moultrie Electric Coop, Enerstar Power Corp. 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 | 1 | 19,168 | 0.0% | - | 1 | October 19, 2026 19:30 UTC | |
| Ameren | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Coles-Moultrie Electric Coop | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enerstar Power Corp | 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 Coles 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 (6)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61938 | 335 | 12 | 270 | ≤11 |
| 61920 | 231 | ≤11 | 189 | ≤11 |
| 61943 | 27 | ≤11 | 22 | 0 |
| 62440 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 61931 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 61912 | ≤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 Coles County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Coles County right now.
Coles County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 18, 2026.
- Frost Advisory ×3
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×3
- Dense Fog Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Coles County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Coles Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Coles County went about 3.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 9,390 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 3.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 9,390 customers out) · decade average 2.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 325 | 8,078 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | 346 | 8,551 | 3.2 |
| 2017 | 153 | 1,056 | 0.2 |
| 2018 | 354 | 2,000 | 0.4 |
| 2019 | 462 | 1,471 | 0.9 |
| 2020 | 641 | 3,893 | 2.6 |
| 2021 | 595 | 4,329 | 3.0 |
| 2022 | 626 | 1,033 | 1.1 |
| 2023 | 438 | 9,390 | 5.8 |
| 2024 | 419 | 5,172 | 0.9 |
| 2025 | 512 | 5,432 | 3.6 |
Cost of power in Coles County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Coles 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
- Coles-Moultrie Electric Coop17.6¢8,505 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 Moderate high winds exposure · 2.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Coles County: FAQ
- How often does Coles County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Coles County, IL logged 512 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Coles County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 9,390 customers without power, beginning June 29, 2023 and lasting about 4d 21h.
- Is there a power outage in Coles County, IL right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 17:30 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Coles County, IL across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Ameren, Coles-Moultrie Electric Coop and Enerstar Power Corp, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Coles County, IL?
- Tracked electric providers include Ameren, Ameren Illinois Company.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Coles County.
61912, 61920, 61931, 61938, 61943, 62440
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 Coles 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 | - |
| Ameren | - | No live feed | - |
| Coles-Moultrie Electric Coop | - | No live feed | - |
| Enerstar Power Corp | - | 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/17029 and /api/v1/counties/17029/history. Live data as of .