Power outages in Champaign County, IL
Live outage counts for Champaign, Urbana and Rantoul and the rest of Champaign County, updated every 10 minutes from Ameren Illinois.
Right now
Normal: scattered outages
i
Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.4customers without power
i
A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.Ameren Illinois4 / 97,658
Corn Belt Energy Corporationno live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Eastern Illinois Elec Coopno live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Village of Rantoul - (IL)no live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.University of Illinoisno live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
County outlineAmeren Illinois publishes totals only, not outage locations.
i
Some utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.Outages by ZIP code
2 of 29 ZIP codes have outages| ZIP | Area | Out | CustomersiA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way. | % outiCustomers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61822 | Champaign / Mahomet | 3 | 13,358 | 0.02% |
| 61821 | Champaign | 1 | 14,243 | <0.01% |
| 60949 | Ludlow | 0 | 205 | 0.00% |
| 61801 | Urbana | 0 | 13,802 | 0.00% |
| 61802 | Urbana / Champaign | 0 | 10,776 | 0.00% |
| 61815 | Bondville | 0 | 208 | 0.00% |
| 61816 | Broadlands | 0 | 179 | 0.00% |
| 61820 | Champaign | 0 | 23,321 | 0.00% |
| 61840 | Mahomet / Dewey | 0 | 147 | 0.00% |
| 61843 | Fisher | 0 | 1,059 | 0.00% |
| 61845 | Foosland | 0 | 61 | 0.00% |
| 61847 | Gifford | 0 | 408 | 0.00% |
| 61849 | Homer | 0 | 743 | 0.00% |
| 61851 | Ivesdale | 0 | 165 | 0.00% |
| 61852 | Longview | 0 | 81 | 0.00% |
Outage history in Champaign County
2014–2025 recordChampaign County averaged 17 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Illinois counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 16. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 5.5 hours, starting June 18, 2025.
The largest on record began June 29, 2023, with 30,548 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in June.
17significant outages a year (2023–2025)
i
At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.1 hourtypical (median) length
i
Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.4.1 dayslongest on record (June 2023)
30,548most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 29, 2023 | 30,548 | 4.1 days | 941,644 |
| July 16, 2024 | 9,622 | 20 hours | 69,693 |
| June 30, 2019 | 8,370 | 6.5 hours | 31,625 |
| August 11, 2025 | 5,900 | 4.5 hours | 17,357 |
| May 19, 2020 | 5,692 | 1.5 hours | 8,230 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.
If your power is out
Report it to your utility
- Ameren Illinois: outage map and reporting
- Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.
Food safety
- 0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
- 4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
- 24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
- 48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.
Generators, heat and cold
- Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
- Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
- Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.
Cities in Champaign County
Utilities
- Ameren Illinois
- Corn Belt Energy Corporation no live feed
- Eastern Illinois Elec Coop no live feed
- Village of Rantoul - (IL) no live feed
- University of Illinois no live feed
- All Illinois outages