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Power Outages in Clay County, MO

Is there a power outage in Clay County, MO right now? None reported. As of October 20, 2026 03:35 UTC, no outages are reported by Union Electric Co - (MO), Webster Electric Coop, Evergy Metro, Evergy Missouri West and Platte-Clay Electric Coop, Inc in Clay County, MO. There is no live feed for Ameren and Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.

Clay County, MO is served by 7 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.6 hours.

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No active outages are reported by Union Electric Co - (MO), Webster Electric Coop, Evergy Metro, Evergy Missouri West and Platte-Clay Electric Coop, Inc in Clay County.

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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 Evergy Metro, Union Electric Co - (MO), Evergy Missouri West, Platte-Clay Electric Coop, Inc and Ameren; check your electric bill or the utility's website.

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Live status by utility · Clay County

4.4%of this county's ~146,279 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Ameren, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Union Electric Co - (MO)Live · county06,4660.0%-0-
Webster Electric CoopLive · county020.0%---
Evergy MetroLive · county0---0-
Evergy Missouri WestLive · county0---0-
Platte-Clay Electric Coop, IncLive · county0---0-
AmerenNo live feedcan't see------
Evergy Kansas Central, IncNo live feedcan't see------

Union Electric Co - (MO), Webster Electric Coop, Evergy Metro, Evergy Missouri West and Platte-Clay Electric Coop, Inc 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, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Clay 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
2,480
Oxygen service
594
Dialysis (facility)
199
Home health / hospice
368
By ZIP code (17)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
64118390≤11324≤11
64068331≤11257≤11
64119280≤11223≤11
6402422914197≤11
64116178≤11151≤11
64155177≤11141≤11
64060145≤11123≤11
64089128≤11102≤11
64117127≤11108≤11
64157102≤1171≤11
6415849≤1141≤11
6404847038≤11
6415642≤11330
64167≤110≤110
64166≤110≤110
64165≤110≤110
64161≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Clay County, MO

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

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

No active NWS alerts for Clay County right now.

Recent NWS alert activity · Clay County

Clay County has been under 39 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 17, 2026.

  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×18
  • Flood Watch ×8
  • Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×7
  • Tornado Warning ×5
  • Frost Advisory ×1

Latest Clay County, MO outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 5d 1h

  2. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 4,440 customers out

  3. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 7,611 customers out

  4. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 12,938 customers out

  5. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 14, 2026

  6. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 14, 2026

  7. GREW

    Outage grew to 23,204 customers out (24% of the county)

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 13,514 customers out (14% of the county)

Outage trend · Clay County, MO
0customers out · peak 34
Data as of Oct 20, 2026 03:30 UTC
Clay County, MO: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 34 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 20, 2026 03:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.010203040Oct 196 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Clay 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 Clay County went about 2.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 31,038 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports Missouri utilities averaged 6.3 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 2.6 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Clay County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 5.1h, 2016 2.8h, 2017 11.1h, 2018 0.2h, 2019 3.2h, 2020 1.8h, 2021 7.1h, 2022 5.5h, 2023 5.3h, 2024 4.6h, 2025 2.6h. Highlighted: 2017.0510155.1h20152.8h201611.1h20170.2h20183.2h20191.8h20207.1h20215.5h20225.3h20234.6h20242.6h2025
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Worst year here was 2017 (peak 21,211 customers out) · decade average 4.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201572717,0105.1
20161,03710,1452.8
201799021,21111.1
20186183,1380.2
20191,1699,7163.2
20201,4404,8751.8
20211,39720,2347.1
20221,45925,4035.5
20231,61712,7485.3
20241,20216,5824.6
20251,1258,3452.6

Cost of power in Clay County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Clay 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.

12.9¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 9% since 2015
vs Missouri avg 16.1¢
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. 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? →

Outage causes by share of outage-timePlanned / maintenance 100%Planned / maintenancePlanned / maintenance100%
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A reported cause is available for 0% of outage-time over 2 months of live data. Shares are of the portion with a known cause; bars are scaled to the largest cause.
Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
October 14, 202631,0381d
June 8, 202225,4035d 2h
October 14, 201721,2113d 5h
June 17, 201720,9293d 22h
August 10, 202120,2341d 12h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High tornadoes exposure · 4.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

TornadoRelatively High
Heat waveRelatively High
Ice stormRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Clay County: FAQ

How often does Clay County, MO lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Clay County, MO logged 1,125 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Clay County, MO?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 31,038 customers without power, beginning October 14, 2026 and lasting about 1d.
Is there a power outage in Clay County, MO right now?
None reported. As of October 20, 2026 03:35 UTC, no outages are reported by Union Electric Co - (MO), Webster Electric Coop, Evergy Metro, Evergy Missouri West and Platte-Clay Electric Coop, Inc in Clay County, MO. There is no live feed for Ameren and Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.
Which utilities serve Clay County, MO?
Tracked electric providers include Ameren, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro, Evergy Missouri West, Platte-Clay Electric Coop, Inc, Union Electric Co - (MO).
Nearby counties
Clinton CountyJackson CountyPlatte CountyRay County
ZIP codes in Clay County

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

64024, 64048, 64060, 64068, 64072, 64089, 64116, 64117, 64118, 64119, 64155, 64156, 64157, 64158, 64161, 64165, 64166, 64167

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 Clay County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Missouri →

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Evergy Metro2.6 hrsLive · county-
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc2.1 hrsNo live feedOutage map ↗
Union Electric Co - (MO)9.9 hrsLive · county-
Evergy Missouri West3.1 hrsLive · county-
Platte-Clay Electric Coop, Inc1.3 hrsLive · county-
Ameren-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 Missouri customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/29047 and /api/v1/counties/29047/history.