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

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

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Elsewhere in Illinois: 132 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 10:31 PM CDT.

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Who serves Monroe County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Ameren, Monroe County Electric Cooperative and Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Waterloo 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 — Monroe County, IL

Last significant outage: Sep 10, 2026 — peaked at 486 customers, restored in ~3.7 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 5 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3.5 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 27, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Monroe County, IL

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 146 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: ~9,159 customers out in March 2025, restored after about 2.1 days. 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.

Cities we track in Monroe County

Columbia · Waterloo

Communities in Monroe County include Waterloo, Columbia, Valmeyer, Hecker, Maeystown and Fults. 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 Monroe County, IL?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Monroe include Ameren, Monroe County Electric Cooperative, Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association 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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