2021 Missouri Power Outage Report

In 2021, the average Missouri customer went without power for about 4.5 hours, the 23rd worst of 51 states (US average 8.4 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

4.5

vs prior year

▲ 58%

vs 2020

Customer-hours out

13.0M

Peak customers out

119,581

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

95%

of MO customers

Counties reporting

115

Missouri year over year

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

Month by month, 2021

Customer-hours without power across Missouri; August was the worst.

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All 115 Missouri counties, 2021

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	Holt County	43.7	70K	1,600	1,600	199
2	St. Louis city	37.9	4.0M	106,898	69,559	273
3	Andrew County	30.0	113K	3,774	3,584	465
4	Pemiscot County	25.6	194K	7,582	5,836	263
5	Worth County	22.4	19K	861	861	112
6	Newton County	21.6	264K	12,246	6,251	305
7	Buchanan County	19.2	435K	22,707	21,102	948
8	Warren County	18.8	270K	14,348	9,825	538
9	Atchison County	17.4	46K	2,620	1,998	148
10	Gentry County	15.7	17K	1,088	788	164
11	Ralls County	14.9	78K	5,206	1,718	508
12	Stone County	14.2	83K	5,816	4,140	585
13	Nodaway County	14.2	78K	5,492	2,936	435
14	Howard County	11.5	47K	4,125	1,415	221
15	Vernon County	10.8	60K	5,584	4,031	514
16	Lincoln County	10.3	251K	24,425	9,207	669
17	Ray County	10.2	83K	8,116	4,914	462
18	Madison County	10.1	87K	8,568	4,201	217
19	Ozark County	9.8	39K	4,000	1,820	260
20	Monroe County	9.7	30K	3,068	1,037	293
21	Chariton County	9.2	24K	2,603	2,014	327
22	Hickory County	9.0	27K	2,972	1,919	218
23	DeKalb County	8.6	42K	4,865	1,318	248
24	Benton County	8.5	57K	6,716	3,542	520
25	Reynolds County	8.4	34K	4,024	2,892	224
26	Barton County	8.1	33K	4,120	1,819	247
27	Clinton County	7.9	74K	9,383	3,454	181
28	Platte County	7.8	303K	38,960	9,242	689
29	Ste. Genevieve County	7.6	79K	10,464	1,990	172
30	Clay County	7.1	683K	96,031	20,234	1,397
31	Henry County	6.9	43K	6,221	2,715	529
32	Jackson County	6.8	1.4M	202,364	42,597	571
33	Daviess County	6.8	20K	2,908	908	166
34	Washington County	6.6	67K	10,163	2,357	609
35	Lafayette County	6.2	66K	10,521	2,288	550
36	Wayne County	6.1	43K	7,134	3,063	288
37	Polk County	6.0	71K	11,719	3,342	355
38	Iron County	6.0	34K	5,709	2,346	290
39	Pettis County	5.7	84K	14,790	3,155	671
40	Carroll County	5.6	17K	2,981	1,014	215
41	Bollinger County	5.5	33K	5,897	1,335	271
42	Bates County	5.5	23K	4,227	838	384
43	Crawford County	5.4	39K	7,305	1,114	607
44	Cass County	5.3	171K	32,470	4,428	852
45	Maries County	5.2	17K	3,269	1,038	212
46	Montgomery County	5.1	27K	5,285	1,061	318
47	Lawrence County	5.1	50K	9,841	2,495	330
48	Johnson County	4.5	86K	19,137	3,667	634
49	Schuyler County	4.3	6,617	1,531	808	140
50	Camden County	4.2	80K	19,007	1,417	870
51	Pike County	4.2	34K	8,194	1,104	461
52	Douglas County	4.2	24K	5,733	1,342	262
53	Morgan County	4.1	41K	10,004	1,837	590
54	St. Clair County	4.1	16K	3,837	874	273
55	Scotland County	3.9	6,157	1,563	765	163
56	Harrison County	3.9	16K	4,010	908	140
57	Cooper County	3.7	29K	7,941	1,182	350
58	St. Charles County	3.6	651K	181,803	25,716	767
59	Jasper County	3.4	50K	14,537	1,904	246
60	Texas County	3.3	27K	8,217	1,415	348
61	Dallas County	3.3	20K	5,897	1,882	301
62	Gasconade County	3.3	22K	6,636	2,080	349
63	Franklin County	3.2	149K	46,672	3,977	813
64	Osage County	3.1	19K	5,974	1,212	298
65	Miller County	3.0	38K	12,538	1,892	376
66	Stoddard County	3.0	51K	17,220	1,664	321
67	Ripley County	2.9	21K	7,306	1,858	241
68	Saline County	2.9	36K	12,349	1,657	320
69	Shannon County	2.8	9,093	3,195	538	150
70	Carter County	2.7	10K	3,796	1,123	149
71	Jefferson County	2.7	293K	108,266	11,138	877
72	Shelby County	2.7	6,675	2,485	699	220
73	Sullivan County	2.7	4,820	1,796	574	36
74	Marion County	2.7	35K	13,104	1,723	460
75	Randolph County	2.7	30K	11,253	1,246	468
76	Audrain County	2.6	32K	11,963	1,498	362
77	Barry County	2.6	39K	15,070	6,943	501
78	Dade County	2.4	6,022	2,505	219	165
79	Dent County	2.4	11K	4,781	410	243
80	Knox County	2.3	5,185	2,220	211	144
81	Greene County	2.3	377K	164,114	8,084	997
82	Taney County	2.3	67K	29,207	4,204	619
83	St. Francois County	2.2	71K	32,639	1,628	589
84	Scott County	2.1	52K	24,731	3,053	371
85	Caldwell County	2.0	7,409	3,643	2,496	183
86	Lewis County	1.8	11K	6,054	724	243
87	Cedar County	1.8	15K	8,461	1,115	227
88	Clark County	1.8	7,074	4,000	2,319	162
89	Phelps County	1.7	37K	22,129	1,429	422
90	Christian County	1.7	37K	22,569	6,722	471
91	Perry County	1.6	19K	11,694	1,126	200
92	Mississippi County	1.6	9,556	5,838	712	167
93	Wright County	1.6	12K	7,683	411	411
94	Oregon County	1.6	6,512	4,069	857	112
95	New Madrid County	1.6	15K	9,169	878	201
96	Adair County	1.5	18K	12,158	1,910	407
97	Cape Girardeau County	1.5	50K	34,407	3,011	618
98	Linn County	1.5	5,885	4,038	797	223
99	Butler County	1.4	47K	33,933	1,655	403
100	Callaway County	1.4	40K	28,884	4,341	589
101	Moniteau County	1.3	9,558	7,207	819	386
102	Laclede County	1.3	27K	21,648	837	706
103	Cole County	1.2	50K	39,963	5,463	653
104	Grundy County	1.2	8,275	7,058	625	99
105	Pulaski County	1.0	27K	26,191	818	606
106	Putnam County	1.0	1,220	1,238	114	37
107	Boone County	0.9	115K	121,913	2,858	756
108	Livingston County	0.9	8,068	8,648	559	120
109	Macon County	0.8	6,934	8,853	1,378	399
110	Webster County	0.6	7,434	12,849	529	89
111	Howell County	0.5	12K	23,483	562	178
112	Mercer County	0.4	787	1,937	59	26
113	Dunklin County	0.3	6,183	19,180	964	132
114	McDonald County	0.1	21K	177,579	2,707	24
115	St. Louis County	0.1	53K	594,469	6,674	45

Biggest Missouri outages of 2021

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	St. Louis city, MO	August 6, 2021 11:15	August 22, 2021 06:00	15d 18h	69,559	1.4M
2	Jackson County, MO	February 14, 2021 17:30	February 18, 2021 07:45	3d 14h	42,597	186K
3	St. Louis city, MO	July 4, 2021 12:15	August 4, 2021 07:45	30d 19h	40,765	1.4M
4	St. Charles County, MO	June 19, 2021 09:45	June 23, 2021 05:00	3d 19h	25,716	223K
5	Buchanan County, MO	December 15, 2021 19:15	December 19, 2021 05:45	3d 10h	21,102	197K
6	Clay County, MO	August 10, 2021 13:45	August 12, 2021 02:15	1d 12h	20,234	79K
7	Jackson County, MO	December 14, 2021 14:00	December 31, 2021 00:15	16d 10h	18,941	270K
8	St. Louis city, MO	June 17, 2021 11:00	July 1, 2021 06:15	13d 19h	17,892	504K
9	Jackson County, MO	August 10, 2021 13:45	August 17, 2021 03:45	6d 14h	17,369	126K
10	Jackson County, MO	June 10, 2021 11:30	June 14, 2021 06:30	3d 19h	14,701	105K
11	St. Louis city, MO	May 4, 2021 11:30	May 7, 2021 08:00	2d 20h	14,394	15K
12	Clay County, MO	June 11, 2021 12:15	June 18, 2021 02:15	6d 14h	13,332	215K
13	St. Charles County, MO	December 11, 2021 00:30	December 15, 2021 21:30	4d 21h	12,221	55K
14	Clay County, MO	February 16, 2021 13:00	February 17, 2021 06:15	17h 15m	12,152	38K
15	Jackson County, MO	August 20, 2021 12:15	August 24, 2021 23:30	4d 11h	11,821	84K
16	St. Charles County, MO	August 12, 2021 12:30	August 16, 2021 01:00	3d 12h	11,768	69K
17	Jefferson County, MO	August 12, 2021 23:45	August 15, 2021 20:30	2d 20h	11,138	118K
18	Buchanan County, MO	July 10, 2021 07:30	July 11, 2021 11:30	1d 4h	10,703	84K
19	Warren County, MO	July 10, 2021 04:00	July 14, 2021 17:45	4d 13h	9,825	159K
20	Platte County, MO	August 10, 2021 13:45	August 12, 2021 02:45	1d 13h	9,242	47K
21	Lincoln County, MO	August 12, 2021 21:45	August 15, 2021 20:45	2d 23h	9,207	113K
22	St. Charles County, MO	July 9, 2021 23:30	July 14, 2021 21:00	4d 21h	9,200	112K
23	St. Louis city, MO	November 23, 2021 10:00	November 24, 2021 10:30	1d	8,701	15K
24	St. Louis city, MO	February 7, 2021 08:45	February 8, 2021 00:45	16h	8,501	4,763
25	Clay County, MO	July 9, 2021 05:45	July 12, 2021 03:15	2d 21h	8,367	46K

EAGLE-I tracked about 95% of Missouri's electricity customers in 2021; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.

Missouri by year:2025 2024 2023 2022 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

Other states in 2021:LA MI WV OR TX MS KY NC

Part of the 2021 US Power Outage Report.

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