2016 Illinois Power Outage Report

In 2016, the average Illinois customer went without power for about 1.5 hours, the 41st worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

1.5

vs prior year

▼ 35%

vs 2015

Customer-hours out

8.7M

Peak customers out

116,134

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

n/a

of IL customers

Counties reporting

100

Illinois year over year

Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2016

Customer-hours without power across Illinois; July was the worst.

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All 100 Illinois counties, 2016

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#	County	Hrs / customer	Customer-hours	Customers	Peak out	Events
1	St. Clair County	14.1	1.3M	94,355	40,861	676
2	Douglas County	9.4	78K	8,333	7,847	263
3	Stark County	7.9	25K	3,173	2,960	262
4	Henderson County	7.0	24K	3,381	1,909	238
5	Monroe County	6.8	107K	15,588	6,847	190
6	Logan County	6.6	72K	10,899	8,858	475
7	Warren County	6.5	54K	8,244	3,580	265
8	Marion County	6.2	95K	15,234	4,582	535
9	Randolph County	6.1	91K	14,970	3,022	421
10	Clinton County	5.6	69K	12,465	7,166	264
11	Piatt County	5.3	33K	6,148	5,103	271
12	Mason County	5.1	25K	4,847	2,621	246
13	Putnam County	4.9	12K	2,501	2,355	156
14	Washington County	4.8	35K	7,318	1,347	274
15	Perry County	4.7	56K	11,975	2,806	345
16	Madison County	4.6	495K	107,855	19,695	748
17	Jo Daviess County	4.5	16K	3,617	1,710	51
18	Calhoun County	4.3	8,102	1,865	1,373	89
19	Fayette County	4.1	30K	7,295	1,606	261
20	Marshall County	4.1	32K	7,906	2,558	303
21	Knox County	4.0	105K	25,998	10,484	552
22	Lawrence County	3.7	29K	7,796	2,075	200
23	Jefferson County	3.7	85K	22,670	3,501	436
24	Jasper County	3.7	17K	4,528	342	61
25	Rock Island County	3.7	311K	83,685	10,319	910
26	Montgomery County	3.6	37K	10,344	2,218	363
27	Mercer County	3.5	32K	8,972	1,622	358
28	Shelby County	3.5	20K	5,708	3,017	161
29	Iroquois County	3.4	34K	10,038	4,158	419
30	Coles County	3.3	80K	24,455	8,551	346
31	Macoupin County	3.0	46K	15,453	3,541	473
32	Macon County	2.9	133K	45,051	4,142	846
33	Franklin County	2.9	55K	19,260	4,327	485
34	Bond County	2.8	16K	5,736	1,379	211
35	Scott County	2.7	5,925	2,163	1,688	52
36	Greene County	2.6	14K	5,200	2,452	176
37	Menard County	2.6	11K	4,167	2,351	146
38	Gallatin County	2.6	6,301	2,453	2,416	156
39	Brown County	2.6	7,699	3,007	1,891	113
40	Alexander County	2.5	7,194	2,842	663	48
41	De Witt County	2.4	16K	6,665	970	259
42	Vermilion County	2.4	112K	46,373	7,527	703
43	Christian County	2.4	33K	13,660	4,112	325
44	Livingston County	2.3	58K	25,191	6,104	242
45	Jersey County	2.3	17K	7,718	1,836	272
46	Stephenson County	2.2	26K	12,248	4,628	197
47	Cumberland County	2.1	11K	4,929	831	54
48	Fulton County	2.1	27K	12,940	2,215	419
49	Adams County	2.0	65K	31,760	6,703	580
50	LaSalle County	2.0	124K	63,017	4,183	637
51	Johnson County	1.9	13K	6,500	1,283	114
52	Richland County	1.9	18K	9,109	1,041	236
53	Ford County	1.9	10K	5,462	1,348	200
54	Pike County	1.8	12K	6,793	1,345	216
55	Jackson County	1.8	47K	26,616	3,004	569
56	Tazewell County	1.7	140K	80,878	3,159	757
57	Woodford County	1.7	40K	24,080	2,800	345
58	Peoria County	1.6	223K	137,518	6,883	802
59	Bureau County	1.6	30K	18,642	1,568	343
60	Morgan County	1.5	25K	16,522	2,014	437
61	Williamson County	1.5	53K	35,624	5,019	611
62	Crawford County	1.4	15K	10,220	1,156	223
63	Pulaski County	1.4	4,529	3,212	466	105
64	Champaign County	1.4	126K	90,035	3,612	831
65	Kankakee County	1.4	116K	85,550	7,676	356
66	Cass County	1.3	7,962	6,087	1,930	193
67	Hamilton County	1.2	5,717	4,619	290	21
68	Saline County	1.2	15K	12,967	1,513	345
69	McLean County	1.1	91K	81,860	4,114	764
70	Cook County	1.1	2.3M	2,162,007	95,661	111
71	Edgar County	1.0	8,935	8,690	805	173
72	Clark County	1.0	8,001	7,829	687	61
73	DuPage County	1.0	308K	313,751	7,833	350
74	Moultrie County	1.0	6,226	6,492	847	63
75	Effingham County	0.9	14K	14,830	1,448	288
76	Hancock County	0.9	8,002	9,010	839	287
77	Lee County	0.9	22K	25,665	2,736	210
78	Edwards County	0.7	3,018	4,061	530	158
79	Sangamon County	0.7	103K	138,475	4,768	528
80	White County	0.7	6,507	8,994	1,639	198
81	Henry County	0.7	30K	40,978	1,849	366
82	Ogle County	0.6	26K	42,029	2,180	181
83	Union County	0.6	5,815	10,277	598	186
84	Winnebago County	0.6	68K	120,789	3,946	452
85	Kane County	0.5	64K	127,850	2,970	463
86	McDonough County	0.5	6,286	12,745	1,841	238
87	Will County	0.5	147K	299,468	3,782	384
88	McHenry County	0.5	57K	120,381	2,911	416
89	DeKalb County	0.4	35K	79,682	7,097	299
90	Massac County	0.4	3,471	8,175	670	68
91	Boone County	0.4	8,185	20,979	1,318	147
92	Grundy County	0.4	17K	43,433	1,141	214
93	Clay County	0.4	3,456	9,085	395	134
94	Wabash County	0.3	3,335	9,760	296	56
95	Whiteside County	0.3	15K	44,026	1,232	211
96	Lake County	0.3	161K	581,008	5,992	418
97	Kendall County	0.3	25K	92,751	1,482	271
98	Schuyler County	0.3	746	2,847	75	86
99	Carroll County	0.3	1,892	7,336	176	46
100	Wayne County	0.0	474	10,404	241	27

Biggest Illinois outages of 2016

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

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#	County	Started (UTC)	Ended (UTC)	Duration	Peak out	Customer-hours
1	Cook County, IL	February 19, 2016 10:30	February 22, 2016 10:00	2d 23h	95,661	964K
2	St. Clair County, IL	July 1, 2016 02:30	July 26, 2016 18:30	25d 16h	40,861	1.1M
3	Madison County, IL	May 7, 2016 20:45	May 11, 2016 16:30	3d 19h	19,695	157K
4	Cook County, IL	February 24, 2016 10:00	February 26, 2016 11:30	2d 1h	12,867	104K
5	Cook County, IL	March 15, 2016 10:30	March 18, 2016 11:00	3d	12,280	95K
6	Knox County, IL	July 10, 2016 21:00	July 22, 2016 17:15	11d 20h	10,484	43K
7	Rock Island County, IL	July 13, 2016 19:45	July 15, 2016 04:45	1d 9h	10,319	72K
8	Rock Island County, IL	March 15, 2016 23:30	March 17, 2016 19:30	1d 20h	10,162	66K
9	Madison County, IL	March 29, 2016 13:30	March 31, 2016 06:30	1d 17h	9,916	9,805
10	Knox County, IL	September 24, 2016 07:15	September 24, 2016 09:45	2h 30m	8,868	16K
11	Logan County, IL	October 5, 2016 19:00	October 5, 2016 21:00	2h	8,858	2,524
12	Madison County, IL	February 24, 2016 10:30	February 26, 2016 20:30	2d 10h	8,725	58K
13	Coles County, IL	July 13, 2016 21:00	July 22, 2016 15:00	8d 18h	8,551	26K
14	St. Clair County, IL	June 3, 2016 11:15	June 4, 2016 02:15	15h	8,043	4,244
15	St. Clair County, IL	February 24, 2016 00:30	March 2, 2016 00:15	6d 23h	7,977	39K
16	Douglas County, IL	February 24, 2016 13:15	February 25, 2016 21:00	1d 7h	7,847	50K
17	DuPage County, IL	February 19, 2016 15:30	February 22, 2016 02:30	2d 11h	7,833	65K
18	Kankakee County, IL	June 23, 2016 03:00	June 23, 2016 10:00	7h	7,676	37K
19	Madison County, IL	July 13, 2016 15:30	July 22, 2016 20:00	9d 4h	7,602	111K
20	Vermilion County, IL	February 24, 2016 12:30	February 25, 2016 20:45	1d 8h	7,527	27K
21	Cook County, IL	May 21, 2016 10:00	June 8, 2016 10:00	18d	7,375	187K
22	Clinton County, IL	January 27, 2016 01:45	January 27, 2016 10:00	8h 15m	7,166	41K
23	DeKalb County, IL	February 19, 2016 17:00	February 20, 2016 20:00	1d 3h	7,097	15K
24	Rock Island County, IL	July 17, 2016 11:45	July 17, 2016 20:15	8h 30m	7,025	7,707
25	Peoria County, IL	April 22, 2016 12:45	April 23, 2016 01:00	12h 15m	6,883	9,449

EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Illinois's electricity customers in 2016; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.

Illinois by year:2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2015

Other states in 2016:NC WV SC VA ME FL LA AR

Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.