When will the power be back in East St. Louis, IL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
East St. Louis is a city of about 17,808 residents in St. Clair County.
Ameren has reported outages for East St. Louis by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-07-29) — so when East St. Louis 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 East St. Louis:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around East St. Louis: the closest other places we track are Cahokia Heights, about 3 miles to the south; St. Louis, MO, about 6 miles to the west; Fairview Heights, about 7 miles to the east; and Granite City, about 8 miles to the north. Also nearby: Collinsville (8 mi NE); Swansea (9 mi SE); Belleville (10 mi SE); Jennings, MO (10 mi NW); Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO (11 mi NW); Clayton, MO (11 mi W); University City, MO (11 mi W); and O'Fallon (12 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Wood River (17 mi); northeast toward Glen Carbon (13 mi); east toward Shiloh (12 mi); southeast toward Carbondale (79 mi); south toward Waterloo (19 mi); southwest toward Columbia (12 mi); west toward Webster Groves, MO (12 mi); and northwest toward Ferguson, MO (13 mi).
Who serves East St. Louis?
We track live outage data from Ameren, Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association, Illinois Electric Cooperatives ↗ and 1 more in St. Clair County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Village of Freeburg and City of Mascoutah also serve parts of St. Clair County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
County context: across all of St. Clair County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.8 hr. The full record for St. Clair County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in East St. Louis, IL?
To check your own street, search an East St. Louis ZIP code — 62201, 62202, 62203, 62204, 62205, 62206 or any of the other 1 — and the map opens on that area.
