When's the Power Back?

Power restored in Cook County, IL after outage that peaked at 139,400 customers

Power was restored in Cook County after an outage that peaked at 139,400 customers without electricity; service was affected for roughly 3.3 days.

When's the Power Back? editorial · published Aug 11, 12:05 PM CDT · updated Aug 14, 7:40 PM CDT · published automatically from live outage data, not individually reviewed · corrections: contact us
Power restored
peak of 139,400 customers out · outage lasted roughly 3.3 days
⚠️ The area is under a Flood Warning per the National Weather Service.
How it developed139,400 peakAug 11, 11:50 AM CDTAug 14, 7:40 PM CDT
Aug 11, 11:50 AM CDT — 136,802 out · Aug 11, 12:05 PM CDT — 139,400 out · Aug 14, 5:35 PM CDT — 16,681 out · Aug 14, 5:50 PM CDT — 15,860 out · Aug 14, 6:05 PM CDT — 15,470 out · Aug 14, 6:20 PM CDT — 15,008 out · Aug 14, 6:35 PM CDT — 14,869 out · Aug 14, 6:50 PM CDT — 15,242 out · Aug 14, 7:05 PM CDT — 15,114 out · Aug 14, 7:20 PM CDT — 14,056 out · Aug 14, 7:35 PM CDT — 13,359 out · Aug 14, 7:40 PM CDT — 0 out
Track it live: the numbers above were frozen when this article was published — the live page for Cook County updates about every 15 minutes with current counts, the utility's latest restoration time, and our estimate.