Power outages in Hamilton County, IL
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Hamilton County yet. Southeastern IL Elec Coop, Inc, Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL) and Wayne-White Counties Elec Coop serve this county.
Right now
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Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.i
A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.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.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.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.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
Outages by ZIP code
0 of 2 ZIP codes have outagesOutage history in Hamilton County
2014–2025 recordHamilton County averaged 14 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Illinois counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 17. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 2.3 days, starting January 7, 2025.
The largest on record began April 5, 2023, with 2,205 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in April.
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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.i
Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.| 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. |
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| April 5, 2023 | 2,205 | 15 minutes | 551 |
| November 28, 2024 | 1,668 | 1.5 hours | 1,704 |
| August 1, 2024 | 1,136 | 9 hours | 3,054 |
| February 7, 2017 | 918 | 1.5 hours | 744 |
| August 11, 2020 | 779 | 30 hours | 8,966 |
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.
Cities in Hamilton County
Utilities
- Southeastern IL Elec Coop, Inc no live feed
- Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL) no live feed
- Wayne-White Counties Elec Coop no live feed
- City of McLeansboro - (IL) no live feed
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