When will the power be back in Fayette County, IL?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Fayette County, IL right now.

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Elsewhere in Illinois: 112 customers reported out — statewide status.

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Who serves Fayette County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Ameren, Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Shelby Electric Cooperative and Illinois Electric Cooperatives ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Clay Electric Cooperative also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Fayette County, IL

Last significant outage: Sep 20, 2026 — peaked at 601 customers, restored in ~12.5 hr (wind/storm).

Across the 3 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 4.3 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 2, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Fayette County, IL

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 201 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~2.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~5,822 customers out in February 2023, restored after about 22.8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2025.

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 Fayette County include Vandalia, St. Elmo, Ramsey, Brownstown, Farina, St. Peter, Bingham and Avena. 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 Fayette County, IL?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Fayette include Ameren, Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Shelby Electric Cooperative 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.

Nearby counties & areas

Bond County · Effingham County · Marion County · Montgomery County · Shelby County · Clay County · Clinton County · Christian County

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