Power outages in Madison County, IL
Live outage counts for Granite City, Edwardsville and Alton and the rest of Madison County, updated every 10 minutes from Ameren Illinois.
Right now
Normal: scattered outages
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Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.7customers without power
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A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.Ameren Illinois7 / 109,006
Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (IL)no live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
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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.Clinton County Elec Coop, Incno live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
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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.City of Highland - (IL)no live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
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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.M J M Electric Cooperative Incno live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
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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.
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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
3 of 28 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. |
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| 62024 | East Alton | 5 | 4,665 | 0.11% |
| 62002 | Alton / Godfrey | 1 | 16,051 | <0.01% |
| 62067 | Moro / Bethalto | 1 | 493 | 0.20% |
| 62001 | Alhambra | 0 | 434 | 0.00% |
| 62010 | Bethalto / Wood River | 0 | 4,856 | 0.00% |
| 62018 | East Alton / Alton | 0 | 1,556 | 0.00% |
| 62021 | Prairietown | 0 | 127 | 0.00% |
| 62025 | Edwardsville / Roxana | 0 | 13,077 | 0.00% |
| 62026 | Edwardsville | 0 | 6 | 0.00% |
| 62034 | Glen Carbon | 0 | 6,202 | 0.00% |
| 62035 | Godfrey | 0 | 7,694 | 0.00% |
| 62040 | Granite City / Pontoon Beach | 0 | 19,929 | 0.00% |
| 62046 | Hamel | 0 | 462 | 0.00% |
| 62048 | Madison / Hartford | 0 | 757 | 0.00% |
| 62058 | Livingston | 0 | 423 | 0.00% |
Outage history in Madison County
2014–2025 recordMadison County averaged 25 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Illinois counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 23. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 2.1 days, starting May 16, 2025.
The largest on record began January 2, 2022, with 24,593 customers out at once.
25significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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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.2 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.3.1 dayslongest on record (July 2023)
24,593most 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. |
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| January 2, 2022 | 24,593 | 3.5 hours | 66,575 |
| June 28, 2018 | 21,165 | 2 days | 236,041 |
| May 7, 2016 | 19,695 | 27 hours | 143,349 |
| May 16, 2025 | 18,731 | 2.1 days | 429,776 |
| July 1, 2023 | 18,539 | 3.1 days | 536,627 |
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 Madison County
Nearby counties
Utilities
- Ameren Illinois
- Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (IL) no live feed
- Clinton County Elec Coop, Inc no live feed
- City of Highland - (IL) no live feed
- M J M Electric Cooperative Inc no live feed
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