Power Outages in Franklin County, IL
Is there a power outage in Franklin County, IL right now? None reported. As of October 19, 2026 15:45 UTC, no outages are reported by Ameren Illinois Company, Southeastern IL Elec Coop, Inc, Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL) and Egyptian Electric Coop Assn in Franklin County, IL. There is no live feed for Ameren and Wayne-White Counties Elec Coop.
Franklin County, IL is served by 6 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 10.1 hours.
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- October 19, 2026 15:45 UTC
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Franklin County, IL", live data as of October 19, 2026 15:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/illinois/franklin-county
No active outages are reported by Ameren Illinois Company, Southeastern IL Elec Coop, Inc, Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL) and Egyptian Electric Coop Assn in Franklin County.
No live feed for Ameren and Wayne-White Counties Elec Coop: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Franklin 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, Egyptian Electric Coop Assn, Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL), Southeastern IL Elec Coop, Inc, Ameren and Wayne-White Counties Elec Coop; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
69%of this county's ~29,722 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Ameren, Wayne-White Counties 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 | 15,687 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Southeastern IL Elec Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 4,687 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL) | Live · county | 0 | 81 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Egyptian Electric Coop Assn | Live · county | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Ameren | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wayne-White Counties Elec Coop | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ameren Illinois Company, Southeastern IL Elec Coop, Inc, Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL) and Egyptian Electric Coop Assn 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 Franklin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62896 | 202 | 24 | 170 | ≤11 |
| 62812 | 167 | ≤11 | 137 | ≤11 |
| 62822 | 50 | ≤11 | 41 | ≤11 |
| 62865 | 36 | ≤11 | 26 | ≤11 |
| 62983 | 35 | ≤11 | 29 | 0 |
| 62884 | 33 | ≤11 | 29 | 0 |
| 62890 | 32 | ≤11 | 24 | 0 |
| 62999 | 29 | ≤11 | 23 | ≤11 |
| 62836 | 13 | ≤11 | 12 | 0 |
| 62897 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62891 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62874 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62856 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 62819 | ≤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 Franklin County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Franklin County right now.
Franklin County has been under 19 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×12
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Frost Advisory ×2
- Dense Fog Advisory ×1
Latest Franklin 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: 448 customers out (1.5% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 30m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 196 customers out (1.0% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Franklin County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Franklin County went about 10.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 9,280 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 10.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 4,074 customers out) · decade average 5.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 392 | 3,866 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 485 | 4,327 | 2.9 |
| 2017 | 482 | 2,426 | 1.4 |
| 2018 | 921 | 4,074 | 14.3 |
| 2019 | 838 | 5,056 | 7.2 |
| 2020 | 652 | 6,694 | 3.0 |
| 2021 | 616 | 3,901 | 3.4 |
| 2022 | 585 | 3,761 | 2.4 |
| 2023 | 554 | 6,051 | 4.1 |
| 2024 | 582 | 9,280 | 4.3 |
| 2025 | 635 | 8,033 | 10.1 |
Cost of power in Franklin County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Franklin 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
- Southeastern IL Elec Coop, Inc14.8¢22,607 cust
- Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL)16.2¢16,203 cust
- Egyptian Electric Coop Assn16.2¢13,695 cust
- Wayne-White Counties Elec Coop16.4¢11,792 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 · 5.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Franklin County: FAQ
- How often does Franklin County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Franklin County, IL logged 635 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 10.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Franklin County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 9,280 customers without power, beginning November 1, 2024 and lasting about 5h.
- Is there a power outage in Franklin County, IL right now?
- None reported. As of October 19, 2026 15:45 UTC, no outages are reported by Ameren Illinois Company, Southeastern IL Elec Coop, Inc, Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL) and Egyptian Electric Coop Assn in Franklin County, IL. There is no live feed for Ameren and Wayne-White Counties Elec Coop.
- Which utilities serve Franklin County, IL?
- Tracked electric providers include Ameren, Ameren Illinois Company, Southeastern IL Elec Coop, Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Franklin County.
62812, 62819, 62822, 62825, 62836, 62856, 62860, 62865, 62874, 62884, 62890, 62891, 62896, 62897, 62983, 62999
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 Franklin 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 | - |
| Egyptian Electric Coop Assn | 12.9 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL) | 2.2 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Southeastern IL Elec Coop, Inc | 36.9 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Ameren | - | No live feed | - |
| Wayne-White Counties 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/17055 and /api/v1/counties/17055/history.