When will the power be back in Shelby County, IA?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Shelby County, IA right now.

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Elsewhere in Iowa: 6 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 10:31 PM CDT.

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Who serves Shelby County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include MidAmerican Energy and Iowa Electric Cooperatives, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Harlan Municipal Utilities and City of Shelby also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Shelby County, IA

Last significant outage: Sep 24, 2026 — peaked at 231 customers, restored in ~6.8 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 2 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 7.2 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Sep 15, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Shelby County, IA

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 99 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.

Largest on record: ~2,018 customers out in March 2025, restored after about 28.8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2024.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Communities covered

Communities in Shelby County include Harlan, Elk Horn, Earling, Irwin, Defiance, Panama, Portsmouth and Westphalia. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Shelby County, IA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Shelby include MidAmerican Energy, Iowa Electric Cooperatives, Harlan Municipal Utilities and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

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