When will the power be back in Taylorville, IL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Taylorville is a city of about 10,263 residents in Christian County.
Ameren has reported outages for Taylorville by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Taylorville is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Taylorville:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Taylorville: the closest other places we track are Chatham, about 24 miles to the northwest; Springfield, about 26 miles to the northwest; Decatur, about 29 miles to the northeast; and Lincoln, about 43 miles to the north. Also nearby: Effingham (48 mi SE), Mattoon (49 mi E), Jacksonville (52 mi W), Highland (58 mi S), Charleston (59 mi E), Wood River (63 mi SW), Edwardsville (64 mi SW) and Alton (64 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Bloomington (67 mi); northeast toward Mahomet (65 mi); south toward Centralia (70 mi); southwest toward Godfrey (64 mi); and northwest toward Canton (82 mi).
Who serves Taylorville?
We track live outage data from Ameren, Shelby Electric Cooperative and Illinois Electric Cooperatives ↗ in Christian County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Taylorville's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 2,252 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Oct 2 — 2,252 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Oct 2 — 1,373 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
- Sep 22 — 151 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 22 — 3,230 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Christian County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.5 hr. The full record for Christian County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Taylorville, IL?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Taylorville's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Taylorville, IL?
To check your own street, search a Taylorville ZIP code — 62568 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Taylorville specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Taylorville we have the city-level view: Ameren has published outages for Taylorville under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Taylorville is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Christian County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Taylorville.
