Power Outages in Marion County, IL
Ameren Illinois Company, Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (IL) and Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL) publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Ameren, Clay Electric Coop Inc, Clinton County Elec Coop, Inc and Wayne-White Counties Elec Coop. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.6 hours.
Marion County, IL is served by 7 tracked utilities.
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Marion County, IL". https://massoutage.com/illinois/marion-county
Ameren Illinois Company, Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (IL) and Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL) publish no county-level figures.
No live feed for Ameren, Clay Electric Coop Inc, Clinton County Elec Coop, Inc and Wayne-White Counties Elec Coop: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~23,252 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Ameren, Clay Electric Coop Inc, Clinton County Elec Coop, Inc, Wayne-White Counties Elec Coop. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Ameren Illinois Company, Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (IL), Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL).
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ameren Illinois Company | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (IL) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ameren | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clay Electric Coop Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clinton County Elec Coop, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wayne-White Counties Elec Coop | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Marion 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 (11)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62801 | 333 | 27 | 258 | ≤11 |
| 62881 | 173 | 14 | 125 | ≤11 |
| 62882 | 36 | ≤11 | 32 | 0 |
| 62849 | 29 | ≤11 | 23 | ≤11 |
| 62870 | 28 | ≤11 | 22 | ≤11 |
| 62854 | 25 | ≤11 | 19 | ≤11 |
| 62875 | 20 | ≤11 | 18 | 0 |
| 62893 | 17 | ≤11 | 12 | 0 |
| 62853 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 62807 | 13 | ≤11 | 12 | 0 |
| 62892 | ≤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 Marion County or any town and utility in it.
- Frost AdvisoryMINOR
Marion County has been under 11 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×10
- Frost Advisory ×1
Latest Marion County, IL outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 30m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 259 customers out (1.3% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Marion County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Marion County went about 4.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 8,582 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 4.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 7,668 customers out) · decade average 5.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 426 | 1,441 | 1.1 |
| 2016 | 535 | 4,582 | 6.2 |
| 2017 | 316 | 964 | 0.6 |
| 2018 | 447 | 2,381 | 3.1 |
| 2019 | 531 | 787 | 1.7 |
| 2020 | 700 | 3,500 | 3.9 |
| 2021 | 694 | 8,582 | 5.0 |
| 2022 | 780 | 3,683 | 6.8 |
| 2023 | 675 | 7,668 | 11.7 |
| 2024 | 715 | 8,513 | 11.1 |
| 2025 | 666 | 2,248 | 4.6 |
Cost of power in Marion County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Marion 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
- Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL)16.2¢16,203 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.
Relatively High high winds exposure · 5.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Marion County: FAQ
- How often does Marion County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Marion County, IL logged 666 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Marion County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 8,582 customers without power, beginning February 16, 2021 and lasting about 12h.
- Is there a power outage in Marion County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Marion County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Marion County, IL?
- Tracked electric providers include Ameren, Ameren Illinois Company, Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (IL), Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL).
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Marion County.
62801, 62807, 62849, 62853, 62854, 62870, 62875, 62881, 62882, 62892
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 · total only | - |
| Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (IL) | 4.0 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL) | 2.2 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Ameren | - | No live feed | - |
| Wayne-White Counties Elec Coop | - | No live feed | - |
| Clay Electric Coop Inc | - | No live feed | - |
| Clinton County Elec Coop, Inc | - | 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/17121 and /api/v1/counties/17121/history.