Macoupin County, Illinois Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Macoupin County, Illinois had 11 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Below middle outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.45 times the US outage time per person and 1.07 times the Illinois rate. It ranks 52 of 95 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

1.2major outages per year

7 of 9years with a major outage

45 hrslongest major outage

Jun, Julhardest months

June and July made up 36% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Jun 17, 2022, reached 4,559 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 44.8 hours.

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

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Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	54,604	14	1
2016	34,208	14	1
2017	58,295	11	2
2018	22,136	15	0
2019	37,976	30	0
2020	29,203	34	1
2021	36,980	15	2
2022	89,550	22	1
2023	75,749	26	3

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start date	Hours	Peak customers	Customer-hours
Jun 17, 2022	44.8	4,559	70,066
Mar 7, 2017	15.2	3,913	32,891
Feb 24, 2016	12.2	3,541	23,150
Dec 16, 2021	8.2	4,102	17,492
Jul 14, 2015	15.0	2,411	16,993

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

Phones, Wi-Fi, lights, about 60 WRefrigerator, about 60 WChest freezer, about 40 WGas furnace fan, about 160 W

Hours to cover: 24

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.