Power outages in Shelby County, MO

We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Shelby County yet. Macon Electric Coop, Missouri Rural Electric Coop and City of Hunnewell - (MO) serve this county.

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Macon Electric Coopno live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Missouri Rural Electric Coopno live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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City of Hunnewell - (MO)no live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Lewis County Rural E C Ano live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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City of Shelbina - (MO)no live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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County outline

Outage history in Shelby County

2014–2025 record

Shelby County averaged 8 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Missouri counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 5. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 4.5 hours, starting August 9, 2025.

The largest on record began January 9, 2024, with 1,776 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in April.

8significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt 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.
1.5 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
2.2 dayslongest on record (January 2024)
1,776most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
January 9, 20241,7762.2 days24,891
August 14, 202169930 minutes350
June 21, 20216785 hours1,104
April 7, 202148245 minutes281
August 28, 20244522 hours791

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom 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.