When's the Power Back?

Power outages in Iowa

Live outage status by county · updated ~every 15 minutes
145
customers reported out statewide · 8 counties reporting · 1 above the significant-outage threshold · updated 8:00 PM CDT
Significant outages (50+ customers, largest first)
Muscatine — 131 reported out · no reliable recovery trend yet
“Reporting” means at least one customer reported out in county-level data (the federal nationwide tally combined with utilities' own live data where we track them); “significant” means 50+ customers out — the floor for the active list above.
All Iowa counties (99)

Utility coverage in Iowa

Also tracked live — opens in the app
Access Energy Cooperative (IA) · Eastern Iowa Light Power Coop (IA) · Iowa Electric Cooperatives (IAEC statewide feed) · MidAmerican Energy (IA) · Midland Power Coop (IA) · Muscatine Power and Water (IA) · North West Rural Electric Coop (IA)
This is our tracking coverage, not a complete registry of every utility serving Iowa.

Historical outage patterns in Iowa

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) contain 13,259 county-level outage records (200+ customers at peak) in Iowa between 2014 and 2025 across all 99 counties — 59 of them major events of 10,000+ customers. Half were restored within about 2 hr, and county-level outages here have been most common in summer (36% of all records). The busiest year on record was 2019.
Largest single-county outage on record: ~114,873 customers out in Polk County in August 2020, restored after about 4.7 days.
Months that hit the widest area at once — these rank among the three largest outages ever recorded in the most counties: August 2020 (25 counties), December 2021 (22 counties), May 2024 (15 counties).
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), 2014–2025. These are federal historical records, not outages tracked live by this site. Statewide figures aggregate the same per-county records shown on each county page below; the statewide restoration figure is the typical (middle) value across the per-county typical times, weighted by how many records each county has. A county appears in a “widest area” month when that month produced one of its three largest recorded outages.
Iowa — live power outage tracker

Common questions

How do I check power outages in Iowa?

This page lists live outage status for every county in Iowa, updated about every 15 minutes from the federal government's public county outage data (ODIN) and National Weather Service alerts, combined with utilities' own live data where we track them. Open any county for its restoration outlook, or search your ZIP or address for the most specific view.

Which utilities serve Iowa?

Electric utilities we track in Iowa include Access Energy Cooperative (IA), Eastern Iowa Light Power Coop (IA), Iowa Electric Cooperatives (IAEC statewide feed), MidAmerican Energy (IA) and others. Each restores its own service area — report an outage to your serving utility so crews can be dispatched.

When will power be restored in Iowa?

Restoration depends on the cause and scale of each outage, so it varies by county and utility. For each affected area with enough trend data we publish an independent restoration estimate — from the live outage count, the recovery rate, and weather — shown even before the utility posts an official time; very small or brand-new outages say so instead of guessing. Open an area above for its outlook.

How accurate are the estimates?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Statewide totals combine the federal county-by-county tally with utilities' own live outage data, so this page and the live map always show the same numbers.

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