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Power Outages in Vermilion County, IL

Ameren Illinois Company publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Ameren, Eastern Illinois Elec Coop and Enerstar Power Corp. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.8 hours.

Vermilion County, IL is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Ameren Illinois Company publishes no county-level figures.

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Live status by utility · Vermilion County

0.0%of this county's ~38,823 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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We can't see outages for: Ameren, Eastern Illinois Elec Coop, Enerstar Power Corp. 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.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Ameren Illinois CompanyLive · total onlynot by county------
AmerenNo live feedcan't see------
Eastern Illinois Elec CoopNo live feedcan't see------
Enerstar Power CorpNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Vermilion 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
1,242
Oxygen service
306
Dialysis (facility)
193
Home health / hospice
196
By ZIP code (21)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
6183249329407≤11
61834110≤1186≤11
6094294≤1181≤11
6184684≤11670
6188362≤11470
6183347≤11400
6185841≤1135≤11
6096329≤11280
61870260220
6181725≤11180
6184123≤1117≤11
6186518≤1115≤11
6096017012≤11
6184415≤11120
61876≤11≤11≤110
61850≤11≤11≤11≤11
61848≤110≤110
61814≤110≤110
61812≤110≤110
61811≤11≤11≤110
61810≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Vermilion County, IL

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS
  • Frost AdvisoryMINOR
Recent NWS alert activity · Vermilion County

Vermilion County has been under 4 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 18, 2026.

  • Dense Fog Advisory ×2
  • Frost Advisory ×1
  • Special Weather Statement ×1

Latest Vermilion County, IL outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 56m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 799 customers out (1.7% of the county)

Outage trend · Vermilion County, IL
0customers out · peak 36
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Vermilion County, IL: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 36 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.010203040Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Vermilion County

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

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Vermilion County went about 1.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 32,688 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 1.8 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Vermilion County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.9h, 2016 2.4h, 2017 0.8h, 2018 1.7h, 2019 3.5h, 2020 1.6h, 2021 1.9h, 2022 2.2h, 2023 33.0h, 2024 1.2h, 2025 1.8h. Highlighted: 2023.0102030401.9h20152.4h20160.8h20171.7h20183.5h20191.6h20201.9h20212.2h202233.0h20231.2h20241.8h2025
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Worst year here was 2023 (peak 32,688 customers out) · decade average 4.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20155755,9441.9
20167037,5272.4
20174236,0220.8
20187663,4111.7
20198654,8443.5
20208003,8591.6
20217815,3601.9
20228716,0272.2
202380332,68833.0
20248421,4641.2
20258455,8331.8

Cost of power in Vermilion County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Vermilion 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.

16.9¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 50% 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
June 29, 202332,6887d 23h
February 24, 20167,5271d 8h
April 2, 20166,4461d 9h
November 16, 20226,0273h 30m
March 1, 20176,0221d
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High high winds exposure · 4.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Strong windRelatively High
TornadoRelatively Moderate
Ice stormRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Vermilion County: FAQ

How often does Vermilion County, IL lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Vermilion County, IL logged 845 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Vermilion County, IL?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 32,688 customers without power, beginning June 29, 2023 and lasting about 7d 23h.
Is there a power outage in Vermilion County, IL right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Vermilion County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Vermilion County, IL?
Tracked electric providers include Ameren, Ameren Illinois Company.
Nearby counties
Benton CountyChampaign CountyDouglas CountyEdgar County
ZIP codes in Vermilion County

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

60932, 60942, 60960, 60963, 61810, 61811, 61812, 61814, 61817, 61831, 61832, 61833, 61834, 61841, 61844, 61846, 61848, 61850, 61857, 61858, 61865, 61870, 61876, 61883

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-
Eastern Illinois Elec Coop3.7 hrsNo live feed-
Ameren-No live feed-
Enerstar Power Corp-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/17183 and /api/v1/counties/17183/history.