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Power Outages in Washington County, IL

Ameren Illinois Company, Egyptian Electric Coop Assn and Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL) publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Ameren and Clinton County Elec Coop, Inc. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.8 hours.

Washington County, IL is served by 5 tracked utilities.

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Ameren Illinois Company, Egyptian Electric Coop Assn and Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL) publish no county-level figures.

No live feed for Ameren and Clinton County Elec Coop, Inc: outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Washington County

0.0%of this county's ~8,254 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Ameren, Clinton County Elec Coop, Inc. 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, 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------
Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL)Live · total onlynot by county------
AmerenNo live feedcan't see------
Clinton County Elec Coop, IncNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Washington 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
166
Oxygen service
88
Dialysis (facility)
55
Home health / hospice
66
By ZIP code (10)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
6226341≤11300
6280816≤11130
6227115≤11≤110
62268140≤110
62877≤110≤110
62876≤11≤11≤110
62848≤110≤11≤11
62831≤11≤11≤110
62803≤11≤11≤110
62214≤11≤11≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Washington County, IL

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

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

Washington County has been under 11 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 18, 2026.

  • Heat Advisory ×10
  • Frost Advisory ×1

Latest Washington 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 35m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 22, 2026

  3. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 452 customers out (5.7% of the county)

Outage trend · Washington County, IL
0customers out · peak 18
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Washington County, IL: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 18 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.05101520Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Hardest-hit cities in Washington 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 Washington County went about 4.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,804 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 4.8 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Washington County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 2.8h, 2016 4.8h, 2017 1.4h, 2018 12.4h, 2019 4.8h, 2020 4.9h, 2021 3.1h, 2022 4.8h, 2023 33.5h, 2024 3.2h, 2025 4.8h. Highlighted: 2023.0102030402.8h20154.8h20161.4h201712.4h20184.8h20194.9h20203.1h20214.8h202233.5h20233.2h20244.8h2025
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Worst year here was 2023 (peak 4,804 customers out) · decade average 7.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20152371,3382.8
20162741,3474.8
20172581,0521.4
20186522,31712.4
20196901,6544.8
20203891,3814.9
20214372,2863.1
20224151,4594.8
20234514,80433.5
20244571,5473.2
20253783,7504.8

Cost of power in Washington County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Washington 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.

16.5¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 44% 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, 20234,8045d 15h
January 6, 20253,75014h 30m
May 31, 20182,3171d 16h
February 16, 20212,2865h 30m
July 5, 20211,9871h 15m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 7.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Strong windRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
EarthquakeRelatively Moderate

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

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Power outages in Washington County: FAQ

How often does Washington County, IL lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Washington County, IL logged 378 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Washington County, IL?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,804 customers without power, beginning July 1, 2023 and lasting about 5d 15h.
Is there a power outage in Washington County, IL right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Washington County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Washington County, IL?
Tracked electric providers include Ameren, Ameren Illinois Company, Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL).
Nearby counties
Clinton CountyJefferson CountyMarion CountyPerry County
ZIP codes in Washington County

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

62214, 62263, 62268, 62271, 62803, 62808, 62831, 62848, 62876, 62877

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-
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-

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/17189 and /api/v1/counties/17189/history.