2019 Illinois Power Outage Report

In 2019, the average Illinois customer went without power for about 1.8 hours, the 43rd worst of 51 states (US average 4.6 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

1.8

vs prior year

▼ 26%

vs 2018

Customer-hours out

10.9M

Peak customers out

110,458

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

99%

of IL customers

Counties reporting

102

Illinois year over year

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

Month by month, 2019

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

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All 102 Illinois counties, 2019

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	Scott County	37.6	81K	2,163	2,163	337
2	Stark County	15.0	47K	3,173	2,204	211
3	Jefferson County	12.9	292K	22,670	4,683	855
4	Mercer County	11.4	102K	8,972	6,907	517
5	Warren County	8.7	72K	8,244	2,374	494
6	Jo Daviess County	8.5	31K	3,617	3,617	163
7	Pike County	8.4	57K	6,793	1,481	560
8	Iroquois County	8.1	81K	10,038	5,566	535
9	Putnam County	7.4	18K	2,501	1,571	187
10	Henderson County	7.3	25K	3,381	1,414	215
11	Franklin County	7.2	139K	19,260	5,056	838
12	Knox County	7.1	185K	25,998	6,846	745
13	Pulaski County	6.4	20K	3,212	1,576	144
14	Gallatin County	6.2	15K	2,453	2,104	347
15	Pope County	6.2	11K	1,842	1,038	222
16	Bureau County	5.8	108K	18,642	3,667	531
17	Fayette County	5.6	41K	7,295	1,688	517
18	Stephenson County	5.3	65K	12,248	4,937	448
19	Hardin County	5.3	10K	1,910	914	355
20	Logan County	5.3	58K	10,899	2,811	506
21	Alexander County	4.9	14K	2,842	781	78
22	Kankakee County	4.8	415K	85,550	17,728	827
23	Washington County	4.8	35K	7,318	1,654	690
24	Montgomery County	4.8	49K	10,344	1,871	530
25	Calhoun County	4.8	8,877	1,865	1,121	117
26	Ford County	4.7	26K	5,462	2,171	386
27	Clinton County	4.6	57K	12,465	2,433	408
28	Schuyler County	4.4	12K	2,847	912	144
29	Piatt County	4.2	26K	6,148	2,236	315
30	Lee County	4.2	108K	25,665	5,849	476
31	Bond County	3.9	22K	5,736	1,324	382
32	Marshall County	3.9	31K	7,906	2,746	339
33	Brown County	3.8	11K	3,007	1,876	98
34	De Witt County	3.5	24K	6,665	2,117	245
35	Williamson County	3.5	126K	35,624	7,719	815
36	Vermilion County	3.5	163K	46,373	4,844	865
37	Hancock County	3.5	32K	9,010	1,521	370
38	Macoupin County	3.2	50K	15,453	3,504	549
39	Morgan County	3.2	53K	16,522	3,239	545
40	Mason County	3.2	15K	4,847	1,166	264
41	Johnson County	3.2	21K	6,500	1,279	307
42	LaSalle County	3.0	191K	63,017	3,445	845
43	McHenry County	3.0	362K	120,381	10,378	863
44	Carroll County	3.0	22K	7,336	677	162
45	Jersey County	3.0	23K	7,718	1,621	223
46	Menard County	2.9	12K	4,167	2,010	168
47	Macon County	2.9	130K	45,051	4,689	905
48	Randolph County	2.8	42K	14,970	3,575	629
49	Winnebago County	2.7	324K	120,789	8,795	924
50	Douglas County	2.6	22K	8,333	1,709	343
51	Greene County	2.6	14K	5,200	1,023	180
52	Shelby County	2.6	15K	5,708	1,743	242
53	Kane County	2.6	326K	127,850	10,893	954
54	Lawrence County	2.5	19K	7,796	2,150	238
55	Whiteside County	2.5	109K	44,026	1,765	504
56	Peoria County	2.5	340K	137,518	5,271	797
57	St. Clair County	2.4	227K	94,355	5,379	658
58	Champaign County	2.4	215K	90,035	8,370	898
59	Clay County	2.3	21K	9,085	2,421	321
60	Jackson County	2.2	58K	26,616	1,730	655
61	Woodford County	2.2	53K	24,080	2,033	483
62	Saline County	2.2	28K	12,967	3,297	564
63	Madison County	2.1	227K	107,855	5,574	790
64	Fulton County	2.0	26K	12,940	1,951	441
65	Ogle County	1.9	80K	42,029	1,471	468
66	DuPage County	1.9	596K	313,751	14,644	803
67	Jasper County	1.8	8,217	4,528	591	112
68	Rock Island County	1.8	152K	83,685	4,669	891
69	Perry County	1.8	22K	11,975	1,506	391
70	Edwards County	1.8	7,219	4,061	962	158
71	Marion County	1.7	27K	15,234	787	531
72	Henry County	1.7	71K	40,978	1,508	515
73	Tazewell County	1.7	139K	80,878	4,413	817
74	Massac County	1.7	14K	8,175	1,312	87
75	McDonough County	1.7	21K	12,745	1,313	308
76	Livingston County	1.6	41K	25,191	3,062	537
77	Grundy County	1.6	69K	43,433	3,164	536
78	Will County	1.6	472K	299,468	16,079	696
79	DeKalb County	1.5	122K	79,682	3,209	632
80	Union County	1.5	15K	10,277	4,677	191
81	Boone County	1.5	31K	20,979	2,382	431
82	Effingham County	1.4	21K	14,830	1,192	392
83	Adams County	1.4	46K	31,760	3,603	634
84	Christian County	1.4	19K	13,660	987	420
85	Monroe County	1.4	22K	15,588	625	299
86	Kendall County	1.4	125K	92,751	16,524	574
87	Crawford County	1.3	14K	10,220	1,099	284
88	McLean County	1.3	107K	81,860	4,410	862
89	Cook County	1.2	2.5M	2,162,007	14,682	172
90	Clark County	1.1	8,291	7,829	802	214
91	Hamilton County	1.0	4,713	4,619	351	134
92	Coles County	0.9	22K	24,455	1,471	462
93	Cass County	0.9	5,251	6,087	1,258	176
94	Lake County	0.8	449K	581,008	11,117	872
95	Cumberland County	0.8	3,784	4,929	870	102
96	Edgar County	0.7	6,163	8,690	918	290
97	White County	0.6	5,829	8,994	641	139
98	Moultrie County	0.5	3,500	6,492	558	118
99	Sangamon County	0.5	73K	138,475	3,178	596
100	Richland County	0.4	3,764	9,109	764	242
101	Wayne County	0.4	4,167	10,404	417	68
102	Wabash County	0.1	1,145	9,760	266	68

Biggest Illinois outages of 2019

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	Kankakee County, IL	June 30, 2019 20:45	July 4, 2019 04:00	3d 7h	17,728	324K
2	Kendall County, IL	March 28, 2019 02:00	March 28, 2019 06:00	4h	16,524	13K
3	Will County, IL	June 30, 2019 13:30	July 4, 2019 10:00	3d 20h	16,079	110K
4	Cook County, IL	June 23, 2019 09:30	July 5, 2019 08:00	11d 22h	14,682	245K
5	DuPage County, IL	June 30, 2019 02:30	July 4, 2019 05:30	4d 3h	14,644	122K
6	DuPage County, IL	December 9, 2019 22:45	December 10, 2019 03:15	4h 30m	13,268	17K
7	Cook County, IL	August 11, 2019 09:00	August 19, 2019 10:00	8d 1h	12,329	109K
8	Cook County, IL	November 26, 2019 09:00	November 29, 2019 03:00	2d 18h	12,117	101K
9	Lake County, IL	August 18, 2019 13:30	August 21, 2019 00:30	2d 11h	11,117	60K
10	Kane County, IL	June 30, 2019 18:30	July 4, 2019 14:30	3d 20h	10,893	118K
11	Cook County, IL	January 29, 2019 12:30	February 4, 2019 07:00	5d 18h	10,540	90K
12	McHenry County, IL	June 30, 2019 18:30	July 4, 2019 08:00	3d 13h	10,378	129K
13	DuPage County, IL	October 30, 2019 10:30	November 1, 2019 05:00	1d 18h	10,103	55K
14	Cook County, IL	May 27, 2019 08:00	June 7, 2019 07:30	10d 23h	9,994	126K
15	Cook County, IL	October 28, 2019 11:45	November 7, 2019 09:30	9d 21h	9,557	119K
16	Winnebago County, IL	June 30, 2019 18:00	July 4, 2019 03:00	3d 9h	8,795	102K
17	Champaign County, IL	June 30, 2019 21:00	July 2, 2019 09:30	1d 12h	8,370	40K
18	Winnebago County, IL	July 20, 2019 16:00	July 22, 2019 03:00	1d 11h	7,737	45K
19	Williamson County, IL	March 24, 2019 02:00	March 24, 2019 05:45	3h 45m	7,719	12K
20	Cook County, IL	September 3, 2019 10:00	September 6, 2019 10:30	3d	7,459	39K
21	Lake County, IL	June 30, 2019 17:00	July 3, 2019 22:00	3d 5h	7,376	81K
22	Cook County, IL	February 10, 2019 09:00	February 17, 2019 05:00	6d 20h	7,335	80K
23	Mercer County, IL	February 12, 2019 02:15	February 14, 2019 22:30	2d 20h	6,907	43K
24	Knox County, IL	June 27, 2019 01:00	June 27, 2019 19:00	18h	6,846	17K
25	Cook County, IL	February 23, 2019 10:30	February 26, 2019 11:30	3d 1h	6,830	79K

EAGLE-I tracked about 99% of Illinois's electricity customers in 2019; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.

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Other states in 2019:WV MI NC LA CA VT VA AR

Part of the 2019 US Power Outage Report.

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