Power Outages in Scott County, IL
Ameren Illinois Company publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Ameren and Illinois Rural Electric Coop. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.4 hours.
Scott County, IL is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/illinois/scott-county
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- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Scott County, IL". https://massoutage.com/illinois/scott-county
Ameren Illinois Company publishes no county-level figures.
No live feed for Ameren and Illinois Rural Electric Coop: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~6,653 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Ameren, Illinois Rural Electric 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.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ameren Illinois Company | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ameren | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Illinois Rural Electric Coop | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Scott 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 (4)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62694 | 38 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 62621 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 62663 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 62610 | ≤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 Scott County or any town and utility in it.
- Frost AdvisoryMINOR
Scott County has been under 4 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 17, 2026.
- Frost Advisory ×2
- Heat Advisory ×2
Latest Scott County, IL outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 15m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 16, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 339 customers out (16% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Scott County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Scott County went about 1.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,163 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 1.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 2,163 customers out) · decade average 7.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 88 | 1,172 | 8.6 |
| 2016 | 52 | 1,688 | 2.7 |
| 2017 | 69 | 1,319 | 0.7 |
| 2018 | 400 | 2,163 | 16.9 |
| 2019 | 337 | 2,163 | 37.6 |
| 2020 | 62 | 451 | 0.9 |
| 2021 | 56 | 446 | 1.4 |
| 2022 | 70 | 1,208 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 63 | 774 | 6.0 |
| 2024 | 75 | 333 | 1.7 |
| 2025 | 71 | 440 | 1.4 |
Cost of power in Scott County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Scott 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
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 Low high winds exposure · 7.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Scott County: FAQ
- How often does Scott County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Scott County, IL logged 71 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Scott County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,163 customers without power, beginning September 19, 2019 and lasting about 1h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Scott County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Scott County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Scott County, IL?
- Tracked electric providers include Ameren, Ameren Illinois Company.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Scott County.
62610, 62621, 62663, 62694
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 | - |
| Ameren | - | No live feed | - |
| Illinois Rural Electric 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/17171 and /api/v1/counties/17171/history.