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Power Outages in Phelps County, MO

Crawford Electric Coop, Inc, Gascosage Electric Coop, Intercounty Electric Coop Assn - (MO) and Union Electric Co - (MO) publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Newburg - (MO), City of Rolla - (MO) and City of St James - (MO). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 9.1 hours.

Phelps County, MO is served by 7 tracked utilities.

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Crawford Electric Coop, Inc, Gascosage Electric Coop, Intercounty Electric Coop Assn - (MO) and Union Electric Co - (MO) publish no county-level figures.

No live feed for City of Newburg - (MO), City of Rolla - (MO) and City of St James - (MO): outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Phelps County

0.0%of this county's ~34,707 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: City of Newburg - (MO), City of Rolla - (MO), City of St James - (MO). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: Crawford Electric Coop, Inc, Gascosage Electric Coop, Intercounty Electric Coop Assn - (MO), Union Electric Co - (MO).

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Crawford Electric Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Gascosage Electric CoopLive · total onlynot by county------
Intercounty Electric Coop Assn - (MO)Live · total onlynot by county------
Union Electric Co - (MO)Live · total onlynot by county------
City of Newburg - (MO)No live feedcan't see------
City of Rolla - (MO)No live feedcan't see------
City of St James - (MO)No live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Phelps 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
700
Oxygen service
178
Dialysis (facility)
57
Home health / hospice
92
By ZIP code (7)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
65401399≤11326≤11
65559151≤11132≤11
6555041≤11340
6546236≤1130≤11
65529≤110≤110
65461≤110≤110
65436≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Phelps County, MO

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Recent NWS alert activity · Phelps County

Phelps County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on September 21, 2026.

  • Heat Advisory ×11
  • Special Weather Statement ×1

Latest Phelps County, MO outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 5h 15m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 295 customers out (1.3% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 5h 55m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 364 customers out (1.6% of the county)

Outage trend · Phelps County, MO
0customers out · peak 26
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Phelps County, MO: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 26 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0102030Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Phelps 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 Phelps County went about 9.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,532 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 9.1 hrs.

A decade of outages (2017–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Phelps County average outage hours per customer by year2017–2025: 2017 4.3h, 2018 0.5h, 2019 2.3h, 2020 1.4h, 2021 1.7h, 2022 1.7h, 2023 2.8h, 2024 2.6h, 2025 9.1h. Highlighted: 2025.02.557.5104.3h20170.5h20182.3h20191.4h20201.7h20211.7h20222.8h20232.6h20249.1h2025
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Worst year here was 2025 (peak 4,532 customers out) · decade average 2.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20174162,1954.3
20181481,4060.5
20193991,5162.3
20203991,0711.4
20214221,4291.7
20224301,2101.7
20234833,4252.8
20245252,4992.6
20255434,5329.1

Cost of power in Phelps County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Phelps 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.

13.1¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 23% 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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
March 14, 20254,5325d 19h
September 4, 20233,42522h 30m
April 2, 20242,49920h 30m
May 27, 20172,1953d 22h
January 25, 20231,8981d 11h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High ice storms exposure · 2.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormRelatively High
Strong windRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Phelps County: FAQ

How often does Phelps County, MO lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Phelps County, MO logged 543 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 9.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Phelps County, MO?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,532 customers without power, beginning March 14, 2025 and lasting about 5d 19h.
Is there a power outage in Phelps County, MO right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Phelps County, MO. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Phelps County, MO?
Tracked electric providers include Gascosage Electric Coop, Intercounty Electric Coop Assn - (MO).
Nearby counties
Crawford CountyDent CountyGasconade CountyMaries County
ZIP codes in Phelps County

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

65401, 65409, 65436, 65462, 65529, 65550, 65559

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Union Electric Co - (MO)9.9 hrsLive · total only-
Intercounty Electric Coop Assn - (MO)11.8 hrsLive · total only-
Crawford Electric Coop, Inc6.0 hrsLive · total only-
City of Rolla - (MO)0.9 hrsNo live feed-
Gascosage Electric Coop-Live · total only-
City of St James - (MO)-No live feed-
City of Newburg - (MO)-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/29161 and /api/v1/counties/29161/history.