2022 Illinois Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average Illinois customer went without power for about 1.6 hours, the 46th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

1.6

vs prior year

▼ 30%

vs 2021

Customer-hours out

9.6M

Peak customers out

82,758

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

98%

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, 2022

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

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All 102 Illinois counties, 2022

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	Fayette County	12.9	94K	7,295	4,191	524
2	Montgomery County	11.2	116K	10,344	3,207	437
3	Bond County	9.9	57K	5,736	3,411	380
4	Shelby County	9.2	53K	5,708	2,653	401
5	Piatt County	8.4	52K	6,148	5,277	328
6	Randolph County	7.4	111K	14,970	3,958	488
7	Macoupin County	6.9	106K	15,453	6,125	509
8	Jasper County	6.9	31K	4,528	1,565	285
9	Marion County	6.8	103K	15,234	3,683	780
10	Jo Daviess County	6.5	24K	3,617	2,860	357
11	Calhoun County	6.5	12K	1,865	852	102
12	Lawrence County	6.1	47K	7,796	1,233	320
13	De Witt County	5.9	39K	6,665	1,560	369
14	Richland County	5.9	54K	9,109	3,479	346
15	Clinton County	5.9	73K	12,465	6,432	618
16	Logan County	5.6	61K	10,899	2,740	469
17	Douglas County	5.5	46K	8,333	2,084	339
18	Stark County	5.3	17K	3,173	2,083	199
19	Christian County	5.2	71K	13,660	4,065	437
20	Gallatin County	5.1	12K	2,453	1,919	199
21	Moultrie County	5.0	32K	6,492	2,608	224
22	Washington County	4.8	35K	7,318	1,459	415
23	Clark County	4.7	37K	7,829	1,788	337
24	Madison County	4.5	487K	107,855	24,593	886
25	Crawford County	4.4	45K	10,220	1,602	432
26	Cumberland County	4.3	21K	4,929	1,100	335
27	Marshall County	4.3	34K	7,906	1,663	336
28	Knox County	4.2	109K	25,998	8,572	724
29	Jersey County	4.1	31K	7,718	2,182	216
30	Greene County	4.1	21K	5,200	1,636	116
31	Wayne County	3.8	40K	10,404	4,138	300
32	Mercer County	3.7	33K	8,972	902	451
33	Brown County	3.4	10K	3,007	2,690	137
34	Effingham County	3.3	49K	14,830	2,826	480
35	Scott County	3.2	6,884	2,163	1,208	70
36	Henderson County	3.1	11K	3,381	1,489	188
37	Schuyler County	3.1	8,844	2,847	1,262	193
38	Jefferson County	3.0	68K	22,670	2,771	629
39	Jackson County	3.0	79K	26,616	2,895	665
40	Putnam County	2.9	7,133	2,501	702	203
41	Pike County	2.8	19K	6,793	1,435	261
42	St. Clair County	2.8	261K	94,355	4,775	785
43	Pulaski County	2.6	8,464	3,212	816	104
44	Morgan County	2.5	42K	16,522	1,747	395
45	Adams County	2.5	81K	31,760	3,280	671
46	Mason County	2.5	12K	4,847	793	196
47	Macon County	2.5	113K	45,051	2,101	856
48	Edwards County	2.5	10K	4,061	1,315	183
49	Union County	2.5	25K	10,277	3,089	190
50	Peoria County	2.4	334K	137,518	6,539	796
51	Franklin County	2.4	46K	19,260	3,761	585
52	Hardin County	2.3	4,413	1,910	607	177
53	Ford County	2.3	12K	5,462	1,264	271
54	Iroquois County	2.3	23K	10,038	861	460
55	Alexander County	2.3	6,436	2,842	382	52
56	Saline County	2.2	29K	12,967	3,451	484
57	Perry County	2.2	27K	11,975	1,464	420
58	Vermilion County	2.2	100K	46,373	6,027	871
59	Hancock County	2.1	19K	9,010	1,552	286
60	Carroll County	2.0	15K	7,336	740	303
61	Bureau County	2.0	36K	18,642	2,835	493
62	White County	1.9	17K	8,994	2,189	256
63	Monroe County	1.9	30K	15,588	3,023	342
64	Fulton County	1.8	24K	12,940	2,305	411
65	Williamson County	1.7	62K	35,624	4,140	798
66	Kane County	1.7	219K	127,850	6,905	1,132
67	Stephenson County	1.7	21K	12,248	997	510
68	Pope County	1.7	3,132	1,842	137	163
69	LaSalle County	1.7	105K	63,017	4,080	818
70	McHenry County	1.7	199K	120,381	6,074	992
71	Champaign County	1.6	148K	90,035	2,966	957
72	McLean County	1.6	134K	81,860	6,874	908
73	Tazewell County	1.6	128K	80,878	3,204	813
74	Edgar County	1.6	14K	8,690	895	360
75	Warren County	1.6	13K	8,244	1,106	218
76	Henry County	1.5	63K	40,978	3,821	664
77	Woodford County	1.5	36K	24,080	2,930	508
78	Livingston County	1.5	38K	25,191	4,900	484
79	Cook County	1.4	3.1M	2,162,007	67,114	137
80	Rock Island County	1.4	117K	83,685	5,921	975
81	Menard County	1.4	5,771	4,167	514	157
82	Johnson County	1.3	8,683	6,500	1,251	278
83	Boone County	1.3	27K	20,979	1,918	372
84	Lee County	1.2	30K	25,665	1,406	485
85	Coles County	1.1	28K	24,455	1,033	626
86	Winnebago County	1.1	136K	120,789	3,808	1,069
87	DuPage County	1.1	350K	313,751	9,156	999
88	Hamilton County	1.1	5,142	4,619	304	183
89	Sangamon County	1.1	148K	138,475	3,469	866
90	Whiteside County	1.0	45K	44,026	1,579	533
91	Will County	1.0	285K	299,468	5,601	958
92	Clay County	0.9	8,551	9,085	835	124
93	Kankakee County	0.9	76K	85,550	7,574	904
94	Cass County	0.9	5,249	6,087	769	163
95	Ogle County	0.8	34K	42,029	1,470	472
96	McDonough County	0.7	9,499	12,745	1,524	276
97	Wabash County	0.7	6,985	9,760	333	97
98	Grundy County	0.5	22K	43,433	858	492
99	Lake County	0.5	264K	581,008	4,571	1,114
100	Kendall County	0.5	42K	92,751	3,369	619
101	DeKalb County	0.4	34K	79,682	1,096	652
102	Massac County	0.2	1,793	8,175	729	50

Biggest Illinois outages of 2022

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	June 13, 2022 10:00	August 11, 2022 10:00	59d	67,114	1.7M
2	Cook County, IL	August 27, 2022 09:30	September 6, 2022 08:00	9d 22h	25,999	148K
3	Madison County, IL	January 2, 2022 21:15	January 3, 2022 11:30	14h 15m	24,593	67K
4	Cook County, IL	November 2, 2022 11:00	November 10, 2022 10:30	7d 23h	22,803	225K
5	Cook County, IL	August 11, 2022 11:30	August 21, 2022 11:45	10d	22,093	61K
6	Madison County, IL	June 17, 2022 10:15	June 20, 2022 11:30	3d 1h	11,430	108K
7	DuPage County, IL	June 13, 2022 11:45	June 17, 2022 05:45	3d 18h	9,156	70K
8	Knox County, IL	March 6, 2022 00:00	March 7, 2022 03:30	1d 3h	8,572	34K
9	Cook County, IL	March 4, 2022 13:15	March 9, 2022 05:30	4d 16h	7,650	71K
10	Kankakee County, IL	August 3, 2022 17:15	August 5, 2022 03:00	1d 9h	7,574	31K
11	Madison County, IL	February 2, 2022 05:30	February 3, 2022 02:45	21h 15m	7,326	28K
12	Kane County, IL	June 13, 2022 22:00	June 17, 2022 03:00	3d 5h	6,905	53K
13	McLean County, IL	February 1, 2022 15:45	February 1, 2022 22:15	6h 30m	6,874	3,595
14	Peoria County, IL	February 14, 2022 15:30	February 15, 2022 04:00	12h 30m	6,539	3,882
15	Clinton County, IL	February 2, 2022 13:30	February 5, 2022 00:15	2d 10h	6,432	31K
16	Peoria County, IL	September 19, 2022 03:45	September 22, 2022 01:15	2d 21h	6,172	61K
17	Peoria County, IL	May 24, 2022 16:00	May 24, 2022 21:15	5h 15m	6,130	17K
18	Macoupin County, IL	July 16, 2022 10:45	July 16, 2022 11:30	45m	6,125	1,652
19	McHenry County, IL	July 4, 2022 20:00	July 7, 2022 23:00	3d 3h	6,074	64K
20	Kane County, IL	July 5, 2022 04:45	July 7, 2022 06:15	2d 1h	6,039	55K
21	Vermilion County, IL	November 16, 2022 19:15	November 16, 2022 22:45	3h 30m	6,027	3,591
22	Madison County, IL	March 22, 2022 00:00	March 23, 2022 01:30	1d 1h	6,021	30K
23	Rock Island County, IL	October 12, 2022 10:30	October 13, 2022 03:30	17h	5,921	14K
24	McLean County, IL	September 19, 2022 00:30	September 20, 2022 08:15	1d 7h	5,834	20K
25	Madison County, IL	August 3, 2022 14:30	August 6, 2022 03:15	2d 12h	5,669	30K

EAGLE-I tracked about 98% of Illinois's electricity customers in 2022; 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 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

Other states in 2022:ME FL WV NC VT AK MI VA

Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report.

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