Power Outages in Mercer County, MO
Is there a power outage in Mercer County, MO right now? None reported. As of October 19, 2026 14:56 UTC, no outages are reported by Evergy Missouri West in Mercer County, MO. There is no live feed for Evergy Kansas Central, Inc and Grundy Electric Coop, Inc.
Mercer County, MO is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.0 hours.
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- https://massoutage.com/missouri/mercer-county
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- October 19, 2026 14:56 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Mercer County, MO", live data as of October 19, 2026 14:56 UTC. https://massoutage.com/missouri/mercer-county
No active outages are reported by Evergy Missouri West in Mercer County.
No live feed for Evergy Kansas Central, Inc and Grundy Electric Coop, Inc: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Mercer County, MO
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, Evergy Missouri West and Grundy Electric Coop, Inc; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
3.8%of this county's ~1,559 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Grundy Electric Coop, Inc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergy Missouri West | Live · county | 0 | 59 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Evergy Metro | Live · county | no county report | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Grundy Electric Coop, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Evergy Missouri West reportsevery 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 Mercer 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 (3)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64673 | 39 | ≤11 | 32 | 0 |
| 64632 | 16 | 0 | 15 | ≤11 |
| 64661 | ≤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 Mercer County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Mercer County right now.
Mercer County has been under 20 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Watch on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×9
- Flood Advisory ×4
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×3
- Special Weather Statement ×1
- Freeze Watch ×1
- Freeze Warning ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Mercer County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Mercer County went about 0.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 86 customers.
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 0.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 62 customers out) · decade average 0.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 15 | 59 | 0.2 |
| 2016 | 6 | 56 | 0.2 |
| 2017 | 17 | 56 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | 7 | 57 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | 44 | 86 | 0.2 |
| 2020 | 15 | 62 | 0.4 |
| 2021 | 26 | 59 | 0.4 |
| 2022 | 6 | 53 | 0.2 |
| 2023 | 13 | 52 | 0.3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 60 | 0.2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 61 | 0.0 |
Cost of power in Mercer County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Mercer 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.
- Evergy Missouri West12.1¢308,573 cust
- Evergy Metro13.6¢276,162 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.
Relatively Low high winds exposure · 0.2 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 Mercer County: FAQ
- How often does Mercer County, MO lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Mercer County, MO logged 10 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Mercer County, MO?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 86 customers without power, beginning May 17, 2019 and lasting about 45m.
- Is there a power outage in Mercer County, MO right now?
- None reported. As of October 19, 2026 14:56 UTC, no outages are reported by Evergy Missouri West in Mercer County, MO. There is no live feed for Evergy Kansas Central, Inc and Grundy Electric Coop, Inc.
- Which utilities serve Mercer County, MO?
- Tracked electric providers include Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Evergy Metro.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Mercer County.
64632, 64661, 64673
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 Mercer County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Missouri →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergy Metro | 2.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | 2.1 hrs | No live feed | Outage map ↗ |
| Evergy Missouri West | 3.1 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Grundy Electric 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 Missouri customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/29129 and /api/v1/counties/29129/history.