Power Outages in Warren County, IA
Is there a power outage in Warren County, IA right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 17:50 UTC, about 3 customers are without power in Warren County, IA across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), City of Carlisle- (IA) and Indianola Municipal Utilities, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Warren County, IA is served by 7 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.9 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/iowa/warren-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 17:50 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Warren County, IA", live data as of October 19, 2026 17:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/iowa/warren-county
Not counted: no live feed for Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), City of Carlisle- (IA) and Indianola Municipal Utilities.
Report an outage in Warren 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, Interstate Power and Light Co, Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), Clarke Electric Coop Inc - (IA), Pella Cooperative Elec Assn, Indianola Municipal Utilities and 1 more; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
72%of this county's ~26,071 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), City of Carlisle- (IA), Indianola Municipal Utilities. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MidAmerican Energy Co | Live · county | 3 | 16,587 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Clarke Electric Coop Inc - (IA) | Live · county | 0 | 1,560 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | Live · county | 0 | 582 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Pella Cooperative Elec Assn | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Carlisle- (IA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Indianola Municipal Utilities | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
MidAmerican Energy Co, Clarke Electric Coop Inc - (IA), Interstate Power and Light Co and Pella Cooperative Elec Assn reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Active outages in Warren County3
Individual outages as listed by MidAmerican Energy Co, largest first. “<N” means the utility only publishes that the outage affects fewer than N customers.
| Customers | Cause | Crew status | Utility ETR | Started | Utility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | - | - | - | MidAmerican Energy Co |
| 1 | - | - | - | - | MidAmerican Energy Co |
| 1 | - | - | - | - | MidAmerican Energy Co |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Warren 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 (11)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50125 | 161 | ≤11 | 120 | ≤11 |
| 50211 | 73 | ≤11 | 49 | ≤11 |
| 50047 | 42 | ≤11 | 26 | ≤11 |
| 50166 | 13 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 50241 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 50229 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 50210 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 50145 | ≤11 | 0 | 0 | ≤11 |
| 50139 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 50118 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 50001 | ≤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 Warren County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Warren County right now.
Warren County has been under 51 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Warning ×20
- Flood Watch ×16
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×5
- Dense Fog Advisory ×3
- Tornado Watch ×3
- Freeze Warning ×2
Latest Warren County, IA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 10m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 404 customers out (1.7% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 24m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 978 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,188 customers out (9.2% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Warren County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Warren Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Warren County went about 1.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,746 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 1.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 2,549 customers out) · decade average 2.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 191 | 910 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | 390 | 2,447 | 0.9 |
| 2017 | 398 | 1,984 | 1.7 |
| 2018 | 475 | 3,950 | 2.5 |
| 2019 | 424 | 4,911 | 1.9 |
| 2020 | 427 | 2,549 | 5.2 |
| 2021 | 441 | 3,515 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 415 | 5,746 | 2.7 |
| 2023 | 459 | 2,730 | 0.8 |
| 2024 | 456 | 3,096 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 512 | 2,366 | 1.9 |
Cost of power in Warren County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Warren 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 · 2.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Warren County: FAQ
- How often does Warren County, IA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Warren County, IA logged 512 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Warren County, IA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,746 customers without power, beginning March 5, 2022 and lasting about 2d 20h.
- Is there a power outage in Warren County, IA right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 17:50 UTC, about 3 customers are without power in Warren County, IA across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), City of Carlisle- (IA) and Indianola Municipal Utilities, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Warren County, IA?
- Tracked electric providers include Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), Clarke Electric Coop Inc - (IA), MidAmerican Energy Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Warren County.
50001, 50047, 50118, 50125, 50139, 50145, 50160, 50166, 50210, 50211, 50229, 50241
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 Warren 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 | - |
| Interstate Power and Light Co | - | Live · county | - |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | - | No live feed | - |
| Clarke Electric Coop Inc - (IA) | - | Live · county | - |
| Pella Cooperative Elec Assn | - | Live · county | - |
| Indianola Municipal Utilities | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Carlisle- (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/19181 and /api/v1/counties/19181/history. Live data as of .