Power Outages in Madison County, IL
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, no outages are reported by Ameren Illinois Company and Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (IL) in Madison County, IL. There is no live feed for Ameren, City of Highland, Clinton County Elec Coop, Inc and M J M Electric Cooperative Inc. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.5 hours.
Madison County, IL is served by 6 tracked utilities.
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- October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Madison County, IL", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/illinois/madison-county
No active outages are reported by Ameren Illinois Company and Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (IL) in Madison County.
No live feed for Ameren, City of Highland, Clinton County Elec Coop, Inc and M J M Electric Cooperative Inc: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
87%of this county's ~143,632 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Ameren, City of Highland, Clinton County Elec Coop, Inc, M J M Electric Cooperative Inc. 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 | 109,043 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (IL) | Live · county | 0 | 16,090 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Ameren | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Highland | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clinton County Elec Coop, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| M J M Electric Cooperative Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ameren Illinois Company and Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (IL) 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 Madison 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 (27)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62040 | 436 | 30 | 342 | ≤11 |
| 62002 | 327 | 20 | 242 | ≤11 |
| 62234 | 272 | ≤11 | 197 | ≤11 |
| 62025 | 181 | 17 | 122 | ≤11 |
| 62035 | 157 | ≤11 | 104 | ≤11 |
| 62095 | 143 | ≤11 | 109 | ≤11 |
| 62249 | 127 | ≤11 | 91 | 0 |
| 62010 | 111 | ≤11 | 76 | ≤11 |
| 62034 | 109 | ≤11 | 68 | ≤11 |
| 62024 | 102 | ≤11 | 75 | ≤11 |
| 62294 | 88 | ≤11 | 64 | ≤11 |
| 62062 | 77 | ≤11 | 58 | ≤11 |
| 62018 | 46 | 0 | 40 | ≤11 |
| 62060 | 45 | ≤11 | 35 | ≤11 |
| 62067 | 28 | ≤11 | 23 | 0 |
| 62087 | 27 | ≤11 | 19 | ≤11 |
| 62084 | 18 | ≤11 | 14 | 0 |
| 62061 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 62021 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 62281 | 16 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62097 | 14 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62048 | 13 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 62074 | 12 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62090 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62058 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62046 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 62001 | ≤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 Madison County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Madison County right now.
Madison County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×10
- Air Quality Alert ×1
- Frost Advisory ×1
Latest Madison County, IL outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 21m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 507 customers out
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 928 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 3,325 customers out (2.3% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,004 customers out (0.7% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 30m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 596 customers out (0.5% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 50m
Hardest-hit cities in Madison County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Madison County went about 7.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 24,593 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 7.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 18,539 customers out) · decade average 4.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 578 | 12,267 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 748 | 19,695 | 4.6 |
| 2017 | 448 | 2,525 | 0.7 |
| 2018 | 700 | 21,165 | 4.3 |
| 2019 | 790 | 5,574 | 2.1 |
| 2020 | 826 | 10,333 | 2.7 |
| 2021 | 856 | 11,767 | 3.4 |
| 2022 | 886 | 24,593 | 4.5 |
| 2023 | 812 | 18,539 | 9.2 |
| 2024 | 826 | 9,744 | 3.0 |
| 2025 | 768 | 18,731 | 7.5 |
Cost of power in Madison County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Madison 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
- Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (IL)15.4¢24,414 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 High tornadoes exposure · 4.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Madison County: FAQ
- How often does Madison County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Madison County, IL logged 768 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Madison County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 24,593 customers without power, beginning January 2, 2022 and lasting about 14h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Madison County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Madison County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Madison County, IL?
- Tracked electric providers include Ameren, Ameren Illinois Company, Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (IL).
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Madison County.
62001, 62002, 62010, 62018, 62021, 62024, 62025, 62026, 62034, 62035, 62040, 62046, 62048, 62058, 62060, 62061, 62062, 62067, 62074, 62084, 62087, 62090, 62095, 62097, 62234, 62249, 62281, 62294
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 | - |
| Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (IL) | 4.0 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Ameren | - | No live feed | - |
| M J M Electric Cooperative Inc | - | No live feed | - |
| Clinton County Elec Coop, Inc | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Highland | - | 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/17119 and /api/v1/counties/17119/history.