Hancock County power outages

Illinois outage history from 2015 to 2023, with the largest outages and a backup battery estimate.

Hancock County, Illinois had 9 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Above middle outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.92 times the US outage time per person and 2.17 times the Illinois rate. It ranks 18 of 95 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

1.0major outages per year
7 of 9years with a major outage
84 hrslongest major outage
Jun, Aughardest months

June and August made up 72% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Jun 29, 2023, reached 5,674 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 83.8 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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YearCustomer-hoursReported outagesMajor outages
201536,798182
20164,29740
20176,59621
201821,035141
201924,832151
20208,734110
202113,533141
202212,854101
2023215,80352

When outages hit

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

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Largest outages on record

Start dateHoursPeak customersCustomer-hours
Jun 29, 202383.85,674196,664
Aug 5, 202311.01,87411,496
Nov 12, 201510.81,9849,362
Jun 26, 20199.81,1667,936
Jun 28, 20186.04,0627,888

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.

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.