Power Outages in Mills County, IA
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, no outages are reported by Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop and MidAmerican Energy Co in Mills County, IA. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.5 hours.
Mills County, IA is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/iowa/mills-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Mills County, IA", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/iowa/mills-county
No active outages are reported by Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop and MidAmerican Energy Co in Mills County.
0.2%of this county's ~8,157 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop | Live · county | 0 | 13 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| MidAmerican Energy Co | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop 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 Mills 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51534 | 102 | ≤11 | 88 | ≤11 |
| 51561 | 17 | ≤11 | 15 | 0 |
| 51551 | 17 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 51571 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 51554 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 51541 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 51540 | ≤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 Mills County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Mills County right now.
Mills County has been under 40 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×11
- Flood Warning ×9
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×8
- Dense Fog Advisory ×4
- Tornado Watch ×3
- Tornado Warning ×2
Latest Mills County, IA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 174 customers out (2.1% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Mills County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Mills County went about 2.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,702 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 2.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 5,353 customers out) · decade average 4.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 166 | 457 | 0.7 |
| 2016 | 368 | 2,514 | 3.9 |
| 2017 | 308 | 3,779 | 8.2 |
| 2018 | 337 | 6,702 | 7.6 |
| 2019 | 373 | 1,022 | 2.3 |
| 2020 | 325 | 2,065 | 3.1 |
| 2021 | 292 | 5,353 | 12.5 |
| 2022 | 397 | 2,540 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 335 | 1,968 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 323 | 2,185 | 4.0 |
| 2025 | 357 | 941 | 2.5 |
Cost of power in Mills County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Mills 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
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 causes outages here
Share of outage-time by reported cause, from live ODIN utility reports. Why does my power keep going out? →
Relatively Low ice storms exposure · 4.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Mills County: FAQ
- How often does Mills County, IA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Mills County, IA logged 357 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Mills County, IA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,702 customers without power, beginning January 21, 2018 and lasting about 7h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Mills County, IA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Mills County, IA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Mills County, IA?
- Tracked electric providers include MidAmerican Energy Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Mills County.
51534, 51540, 51541, 51551, 51554, 51561, 51571
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| MidAmerican Energy Co | 3.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Southwest Iowa Rural Elec Coop | - | Live · county | - |
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/19129 and /api/v1/counties/19129/history.