Power Outages in Douglas County, IL
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, no outages are reported by Ameren Illinois Company in Douglas County, IL. There is no live feed for Ameren, Coles-Moultrie Electric Coop, Eastern Illinois Elec Coop and Enerstar Power Corp. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.9 hours.
Douglas County, IL is served by 5 tracked utilities.
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Douglas County, IL", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/illinois/douglas-county
No active outages are reported by Ameren Illinois Company in Douglas County.
No live feed for Ameren, Coles-Moultrie Electric Coop, Eastern Illinois Elec Coop and Enerstar Power Corp: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
67%of this county's ~11,954 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Ameren, Coles-Moultrie Electric Coop, Eastern Illinois Elec 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 | 0 | 8,039 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Ameren | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Coles-Moultrie Electric Coop | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Eastern Illinois Elec 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 Douglas 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 (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61953 | 64 | ≤11 | 57 | 0 |
| 61956 | 33 | ≤11 | 29 | ≤11 |
| 61910 | 30 | ≤11 | 26 | 0 |
| 61942 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 61941 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 61930 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 61919 | ≤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 Douglas County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Douglas County right now.
Douglas County has been under 5 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 18, 2026.
- Frost Advisory ×3
- Dense Fog Advisory ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Douglas County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Douglas County went about 3.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 8,333 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 3.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 8,333 customers out) · decade average 6.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 226 | 2,382 | 2.6 |
| 2016 | 263 | 7,847 | 9.4 |
| 2017 | 124 | 1,450 | 0.9 |
| 2018 | 335 | 1,717 | 2.1 |
| 2019 | 343 | 1,709 | 2.6 |
| 2020 | 329 | 3,015 | 4.8 |
| 2021 | 311 | 4,431 | 3.2 |
| 2022 | 339 | 2,084 | 5.5 |
| 2023 | 289 | 8,333 | 31.3 |
| 2024 | 306 | 1,267 | 1.6 |
| 2025 | 325 | 3,557 | 3.9 |
Cost of power in Douglas County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Douglas 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
- Eastern Illinois Elec Coop17.7¢11,001 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.
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 6.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Douglas County: FAQ
- How often does Douglas County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Douglas County, IL logged 325 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Douglas County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 8,333 customers without power, beginning June 29, 2023 and lasting about 7d 7h.
- Is there a power outage in Douglas County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Douglas County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Douglas County, IL?
- Tracked electric providers include Ameren, Ameren Illinois Company.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Douglas County.
61910, 61919, 61930, 61941, 61942, 61953, 61956
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 | - |
| Eastern Illinois Elec Coop | 3.7 hrs | No live feed | - |
| 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/17041 and /api/v1/counties/17041/history.