Power Outages in Monroe County, IL
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, no outages are reported by Ameren Illinois Company and Egyptian Electric Coop Assn in Monroe County, IL. There is no live feed for City of Waterloo - (IL) and Monroe County Elec Coop, Inc. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 14.7 hours.
Monroe County, IL is served by 4 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/illinois/monroe-county
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- October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Monroe County, IL", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/illinois/monroe-county
No active outages are reported by Ameren Illinois Company and Egyptian Electric Coop Assn in Monroe County.
No live feed for City of Waterloo - (IL) and Monroe County Elec Coop, Inc: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
46%of this county's ~17,707 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Waterloo - (IL), Monroe County Elec Coop, 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 | 7,877 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Egyptian Electric Coop Assn | Live · county | 0 | 248 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| City of Waterloo - (IL) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Monroe County Elec Coop, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ameren Illinois Company 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 Monroe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62298 | 141 | ≤11 | 94 | ≤11 |
| 62236 | 90 | ≤11 | 62 | ≤11 |
| 62278 | 59 | ≤11 | 39 | ≤11 |
| 62295 | 20 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 62277 | 12 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62248 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62244 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
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 Monroe County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Monroe County right now.
Monroe County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×10
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×2
- Air Quality Alert ×1
- Frost Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Monroe County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Monroe County went about 14.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 9,159 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 14.7 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 7,417 customers out) · decade average 6.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 198 | 1,002 | 0.9 |
| 2016 | 190 | 6,847 | 6.8 |
| 2017 | 130 | 1,114 | 0.6 |
| 2018 | 272 | 2,156 | 1.6 |
| 2019 | 299 | 625 | 1.4 |
| 2020 | 300 | 3,730 | 6.2 |
| 2021 | 329 | 2,173 | 1.6 |
| 2022 | 342 | 3,023 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 462 | 7,417 | 29.2 |
| 2024 | 462 | 1,447 | 2.0 |
| 2025 | 404 | 9,159 | 14.7 |
Cost of power in Monroe County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Monroe 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
- Egyptian Electric Coop Assn16.2¢13,695 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 · 6.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Monroe County: FAQ
- How often does Monroe County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Monroe County, IL logged 404 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 14.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Monroe County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 9,159 customers without power, beginning March 14, 2025 and lasting about 4d 7h.
- Is there a power outage in Monroe County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Monroe County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Monroe County, IL?
- Tracked electric providers include Ameren Illinois Company, Egyptian Electric Coop Assn.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Monroe County.
62236, 62244, 62248, 62256, 62278, 62279, 62295, 62298
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 | - |
| Egyptian Electric Coop Assn | 12.9 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Monroe County Elec Coop, Inc | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Waterloo - (IL) | - | 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/17133 and /api/v1/counties/17133/history.