Power Outages in Rock Island County, IL
Is there a power outage in Rock Island County, IL right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 17:30 UTC, about 7 customers are without power in Rock Island County, IL across 1 reported incident.
Rock Island County, IL is served by 2 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.3 hours.
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- https://massoutage.com/illinois/rock-island-county
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- October 19, 2026 17:30 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Rock Island County, IL", live data as of October 19, 2026 17:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/illinois/rock-island-county
Report an outage in Rock Island 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 MidAmerican Energy Co; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
100%of this county's ~76,030 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MidAmerican Energy Co | Live · county | 7 | 76,642 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Commonwealth Edison Co | Live · county | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - |
MidAmerican Energy Co and Commonwealth Edison Co reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Active outages in Rock Island County1
Individual outages as listed by MidAmerican Energy Co, largest first. “<N” means the utility only publishes that the outage affects fewer than N customers.
| Customers | Cause | Crew status | Utility ETR | Started | Utility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | SCHEDULED CONSTRUCTION | - | - | - | MidAmerican Energy Co |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Rock Island 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61265 | 359 | ≤11 | 271 | 13 |
| 61201 | 307 | ≤11 | 217 | 15 |
| 61244 | 199 | ≤11 | 150 | ≤11 |
| 61264 | 136 | ≤11 | 103 | ≤11 |
| 61282 | 86 | ≤11 | 67 | ≤11 |
| 61240 | 60 | 0 | 47 | ≤11 |
| 61275 | 49 | ≤11 | 35 | 0 |
| 61256 | 22 | ≤11 | 14 | 0 |
| 61259 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 61284 | 15 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 61242 | 13 | ≤11 | 12 | 0 |
| 61232 | 12 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 61257 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 61239 | ≤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 Rock Island County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Rock Island County right now.
Rock Island County has been under 53 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×24
- Flood Warning ×12
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×6
- Special Weather Statement ×5
- Flash Flood Warning ×3
- Freeze Warning ×3
Latest Rock Island County, IL outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 45m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 383 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,710 customers out (3.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 45m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,351 customers out (1.6% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 49m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 692 customers out (0.8% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Rock Island County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Rock Island Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Rock Island County went about 4.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 56,765 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 4.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 56,765 customers out) · decade average 5.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 411 | 7,713 | 1.2 |
| 2016 | 910 | 10,319 | 3.7 |
| 2017 | 869 | 6,095 | 1.5 |
| 2018 | 950 | 5,794 | 1.3 |
| 2019 | 891 | 4,669 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | 934 | 56,765 | 29.8 |
| 2021 | 898 | 7,764 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 975 | 5,921 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 978 | 18,519 | 5.2 |
| 2024 | 946 | 15,855 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 936 | 18,306 | 4.3 |
Cost of power in Rock Island County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Rock Island 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.
- MidAmerican Energy Co10.0¢73,481 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.
What causes outages here
Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →
Relatively High high winds exposure · 5.2 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 Rock Island County: FAQ
- How often does Rock Island County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Rock Island County, IL logged 936 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Rock Island County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 56,765 customers without power, beginning August 10, 2020 and lasting about 8d 13h.
- Is there a power outage in Rock Island County, IL right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 17:30 UTC, about 7 customers are without power in Rock Island County, IL across 1 reported incident.
- Which utilities serve Rock Island County, IL?
- Tracked electric providers include MidAmerican Energy Co.
Moline. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Rock Island County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Rock Island County.
61201, 61232, 61236, 61237, 61239, 61240, 61242, 61244, 61256, 61257, 61259, 61264, 61265, 61275, 61278, 61282, 61284
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 Rock Island County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Illinois →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| MidAmerican Energy Co | 3.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
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/17161 and /api/v1/counties/17161/history. Live data as of .