When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Lake Forest, IL?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Lake County, Illinois
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customers reported out in Lake Forest · live from ComEd
Across the whole county (Lake, IL, all utilities): 24 reported out, county-wide outlook no clear recovery trend yet — past outages here of 200+ customers in the same kind of weather ran ~5 hr start to finish (26 on record) — a broader count from a different source; don't add it to the Lake Forest figure above.
Updated 10:57 AM CDT.
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An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.

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What we track for Lake Forest

Lake Forest is a city of about 19,642 residents in Lake County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Lake Forest by name, so this page reports the Lake County county-wide view, which covers Lake Forest. If a serving utility does name Lake Forest during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Lake Forest:

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Lake Forest: the closest other places we track are Highland Park, about 5 miles to the southeast; Deerfield, about 5 miles to the south; North Chicago, about 5 miles to the north; and Libertyville, about 6 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Buffalo Grove (7 mi SW), Northbrook (8 mi S), Wheeling (8 mi SW), Mundelein (8 mi W), Waukegan (9 mi N), Gurnee (10 mi NW), Arlington Heights (12 mi SW) and Palatine (13 mi SW).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Kenosha, WI (24 mi); southeast toward Wilmette (13 mi); south toward Mount Prospect (13 mi); southwest toward Rolling Meadows (14 mi); west toward Cary (20 mi); and northwest toward Round Lake Beach (15 mi).

Who serves Lake Forest?

We track live outage data from ComEd in Lake County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.

Recent outages tracked in Lake Forest

Lake Forest's last tracked outage began Sep 29, peaked at 34 customers out, and was restored in 35 minutes. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.

  • Sep 29 — 34 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
  • Sep 26 — 65 customers out, restored in an hour
  • Sep 25 — 50 customers out, restored in 2 hours
  • Sep 22 — 131 customers out, restored in an hour
Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; dates are local calendar days). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.

County context: across all of Lake County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.8 hr. The full record for Lake County

Common questions

How do I check the power outage status in Lake Forest, IL?

To check your own street, search a Lake Forest ZIP code — 60045 — and the map opens on that area.

Lake Forest, IL — live power outage tracker