Power Outages in Cass County, IA
Is there a power outage in Cass County, IA right now? None reported. As of October 19, 2026 21:55 UTC, no outages are reported by Interstate Power and Light Co, Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (IA), Nishnabotna Valley R E C, Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop, Guthrie County Rural E C A and MidAmerican Energy Co in Cass County, IA. There is no live feed for Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), Atlantic Municipal Utilities (IA), City of Anita - (IA), WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration and Waverly Municipal Elec Utility.
Cass County, IA is served by 11 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.4 hours.
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Cass County, IA", live data as of October 19, 2026 21:55 UTC. https://massoutage.com/iowa/cass-county
No active outages are reported by Interstate Power and Light Co, Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (IA), Nishnabotna Valley R E C, Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop, Guthrie County Rural E C A and MidAmerican Energy Co in Cass County.
No live feed for Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), Atlantic Municipal Utilities (IA), City of Anita - (IA), WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration and Waverly Municipal Elec Utility: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Cass County, IA
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, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, Interstate Power and Light Co, Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop, Waverly Municipal Elec Utility and 5 more; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
20%of this county's ~9,715 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), Atlantic Municipal Utilities (IA), City of Anita - (IA), WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, Waverly Municipal Elec Utility. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Power and Light Co | Live · county | 0 | 934 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (IA) | Live · county | 0 | 590 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Nishnabotna Valley R E C | Live · county | 0 | 199 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop | Live · county | 0 | 175 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Guthrie County Rural E C A | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| MidAmerican Energy Co | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Atlantic Municipal Utilities (IA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Anita - (IA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Waverly Municipal Elec Utility | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Interstate Power and Light Co, Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (IA), Nishnabotna Valley R E C, Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop, Guthrie County Rural E C A and MidAmerican Energy Co reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Cass 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 (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50022 | 132 | ≤11 | 94 | 0 |
| 51535 | 25 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 50020 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 51544 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 50853 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 50843 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 50274 | ≤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 Cass County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Cass County right now.
Cass County has been under 38 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×18
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×5
- Dense Fog Advisory ×4
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Freeze Warning ×2
- Flash Flood Warning ×2
Latest Cass County, IA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 50m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 133 customers out (1.3% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Cass County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Cass County went about 1.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,135 customers.
The US EIA reports Iowa utilities averaged 3.1 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 1.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 993 customers out) · decade average 1.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 57 | 174 | 0.3 |
| 2016 | 68 | 973 | 0.7 |
| 2017 | 101 | 966 | 1.2 |
| 2018 | 111 | 856 | 0.6 |
| 2019 | 133 | 1,093 | 2.0 |
| 2020 | 151 | 809 | 0.7 |
| 2021 | 145 | 1,135 | 1.6 |
| 2022 | 170 | 971 | 0.6 |
| 2023 | 213 | 1,057 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 259 | 993 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 229 | 966 | 1.4 |
Cost of power in Cass County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Cass 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 Co11.2¢639,558 cust
- Interstate Power and Light Co17.8¢419,451 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 Moderate high winds exposure · 1.2 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 Cass County: FAQ
- How often does Cass County, IA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Cass County, IA logged 229 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Cass County, IA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,135 customers without power, beginning December 15, 2021 and lasting about 2d 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Cass County, IA right now?
- None reported. As of October 19, 2026 21:55 UTC, no outages are reported by Interstate Power and Light Co, Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (IA), Nishnabotna Valley R E C, Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop, Guthrie County Rural E C A and MidAmerican Energy Co in Cass County, IA. There is no live feed for Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), Atlantic Municipal Utilities (IA), City of Anita - (IA), WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration and Waverly Municipal Elec Utility.
- Which utilities serve Cass County, IA?
- Tracked electric providers include Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (IA), Interstate Power and Light Co, MidAmerican Energy Co, Nishnabotna Valley R E C, Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Cass County.
50020, 50022, 50274, 50843, 50853, 51535, 51544, 51552
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 Cass County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Iowa →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| MidAmerican Energy Co | 3.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | No live feed | - |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | - | Live · county | - |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | - | No live feed | - |
| Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop | - | Live · county | - |
| Waverly Municipal Elec Utility | - | No live feed | - |
| Nishnabotna Valley R E C | - | Live · county | - |
| Guthrie County Rural E C A | - | Live · county | - |
| Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (IA) | - | Live · county | - |
| Atlantic Municipal Utilities (IA) | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Anita - (IA) | - | 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 Iowa customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/19029 and /api/v1/counties/19029/history.