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2022 Missouri Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average Missouri customer went without power for about 3.5 hours — the 32nd worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
3.5
Peak customers out
26,253
Rank (worst state)
32nd
Counties affected
20

Missouri outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2022 highlighted.

2.2h20153.1h20162.8h20171.7h20183.8h20192.8h20204.5h20213.5h20229.4h20235.8h20248.9h2025

Hardest-hit Missouri counties in 2022

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Jackson County26,2532Clay County25,4033St. Louis city21,0204Buchanan County12,9815St. Charles County11,0216Camden County10,5017Randolph County10,0908Platte County6,8589Lincoln County5,58810Jefferson County4,43011Nodaway County4,41212Callaway County4,29213Greene County3,92814Jasper County3,83115Polk County3,68016Stoddard County3,55217Butler County3,34018Cape Girardeau County3,26519Cass County3,24120Boone County3,234

Biggest Missouri outages of 2022

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Jackson CountyJune 5, 202226,253
Clay CountyJune 8, 202225,403
St. Louis cityJuly 25, 202221,020
St. Louis cityJune 5, 202218,966
Jackson CountyApril 5, 202214,888
Buchanan CountySeptember 22, 202212,981
St. Charles CountyJune 17, 202211,021
Camden CountyJuly 29, 202210,501
Jackson CountyJune 11, 202210,295
Randolph CountyJanuary 21, 202210,090
Missouri by year:20252024202320212020201920182017
Other states in 2022:MENCFLWVVTAK

Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.