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Power Outages in St. Clair County, IL

As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 10 customers are without power in St. Clair County, IL across 4 reported incidents. Ameren Illinois Company, Egyptian Electric Coop Assn, 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, City of Highland, City of Mascoutah - (IL), Clinton County Elec Coop, Inc, Monroe County Elec Coop, Inc and Village of Freeburg - (IL), so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.6 hours.

St. Clair County, IL is served by 10 tracked utilities.

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Scattered outages

10 customers without power

0.0% of St. Clair County · across 4 reported incidents.

Not counted: no live feed for Ameren, City of Highland, City of Mascoutah - (IL), Clinton County Elec Coop, Inc, Monroe County Elec Coop, Inc and Village of Freeburg - (IL).

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Live status by utility · St. Clair County

0.0%of this county's ~148,664 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Ameren, City of Highland, City of Mascoutah - (IL), Clinton County Elec Coop, Inc, Monroe County Elec Coop, Inc, Village of Freeburg - (IL). 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, Egyptian Electric Coop Assn, Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (IL), Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL).

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Ameren Illinois CompanyLive · total onlynot by county------
Egyptian Electric Coop AssnLive · total onlynot by county------
Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (IL)Live · total onlynot by county------
Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL)Live · total onlynot by county------
AmerenNo live feedcan't see------
City of HighlandNo live feedcan't see------
City of Mascoutah - (IL)No live feedcan't see------
Clinton County Elec Coop, IncNo live feedcan't see------
Monroe County Elec Coop, IncNo live feedcan't see------
Village of Freeburg - (IL)No live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in St. Clair 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.

Power-dependent
2,238
Oxygen service
400
Dialysis (facility)
471
Home health / hospice
441
By ZIP code (27)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
62269248≤11167≤11
62226228≤11158≤11
62221185≤11135≤11
62223145≤1192≤11
62220139≤1196≤11
62208114≤1173≤11
6220699≤1169≤11
6225873≤1145≤11
6226067≤1142≤11
6223266≤1158≤11
6223952≤1140≤11
6220751≤1136≤11
6220348≤1133≤11
6220546≤11370
6225442≤11330
6224341≤11280
6220440030≤11
6225735≤11280
6220132≤11200
6226429020≤11
6228525≤11150
6224014≤11≤110
62289≤110≤110
62282≤110≤110
62255≤110≤110
62225≤1100≤11
62059≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for St. Clair County, IL

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for St. Clair County or any town and utility in it.

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  • Frost AdvisoryMINOR
Recent NWS alert activity · St. Clair County

St. Clair County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 18, 2026.

  • Heat Advisory ×10
  • Flood Advisory ×2
  • Air Quality Alert ×1
  • Frost Advisory ×1

Latest St. Clair County, IL outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 6h 6m

  2. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 379 customers out

  3. GREW

    Outage grew to 774 customers out (0.5% of the county)

  4. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 515 customers out

  5. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 892 customers out

  6. GREW

    Outage grew to 1,687 customers out (1.1% of the county)

  7. GREW

    Outage grew to 872 customers out (0.6% of the county)

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 545 customers out (0.4% of the county)

Outage trend · St. Clair County, IL
10customers out · peak 1,750
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
St. Clair County, IL: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 1,750 customers out; latest 10 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.05001k1.5k2kOct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in St. Clair County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

Per-city live breakdown needs data

Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within St. Clair Countyisn't available yet.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in St. Clair County went about 6.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 40,861 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 6.6 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
St. Clair County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 3.1h, 2016 14.1h, 2017 0.8h, 2018 8.1h, 2019 2.4h, 2020 3.9h, 2021 3.8h, 2022 2.8h, 2023 12.2h, 2024 3.3h, 2025 6.6h. Highlighted: 2016.0510153.1h201514.1h20160.8h20178.1h20182.4h20193.9h20203.8h20212.8h202212.2h20233.3h20246.6h2025
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Worst year here was 2016 (peak 40,861 customers out) · decade average 5.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201553814,4673.1
201667640,86114.1
20174294,2580.8
201867228,7508.1
20196585,3792.4
20207256,0553.9
202177428,4223.8
20227854,7752.8
202377813,15612.2
20247294,5293.3
202577418,0626.6

Cost of power in St. Clair County

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Estimated residential electricity price for St. Clair 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.

16.7¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 62% since 2015
vs Illinois avg 19.2¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
July 1, 201640,86125d 16h
June 26, 201828,7508d 18h
October 25, 202128,4221d 1h
March 14, 202518,0624d 10h
June 20, 201514,4678d 12h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High ice storms exposure · 5.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

TornadoRelatively High
Ice stormRelatively High
FloodingRelatively High
Heat waveRelatively High
Strong windRelatively Moderate
EarthquakeRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in St. Clair County: FAQ

How often does St. Clair County, IL lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, St. Clair County, IL logged 774 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in St. Clair County, IL?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 40,861 customers without power, beginning July 1, 2016 and lasting about 25d 16h.
Is there a power outage in St. Clair County, IL right now?
Yes, about 10 customers are currently without power across 4 reported incident(s).
Which utilities serve St. Clair County, IL?
Tracked electric providers include Ameren, Ameren Illinois Company, Egyptian Electric Coop Assn.
Nearby counties
Clinton CountyMadison CountyMonroe CountyRandolph County
Cities & towns in St. Clair County

Belleville. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the St. Clair County level shown above.

ZIP codes in St. Clair County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within St. Clair County.

62059, 62201, 62203, 62204, 62205, 62206, 62207, 62208, 62220, 62221, 62223, 62225, 62226, 62232, 62239, 62240, 62243, 62254, 62255, 62257, 62258, 62260, 62264, 62269, 62282, 62285, 62289

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Ameren Illinois Company4.8 hrsLive · total only-
Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (IL)4.0 hrsLive · total only-
Egyptian Electric Coop Assn12.9 hrsLive · total only-
Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL)2.2 hrsLive · total only-
Ameren-No live feed-
Clinton County Elec Coop, Inc-No live feed-
City of Highland-No live feed-
Monroe County Elec Coop, Inc-No live feed-
City of Mascoutah - (IL)-No live feed-
Village of Freeburg - (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/17163 and /api/v1/counties/17163/history. Live data as of .