When will the power be back in Pontiac, IL?
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Pontiac is a city of about 11,054 residents in Livingston County.
Ameren and ComEd have reported outages for Pontiac by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Pontiac 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 Pontiac:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Pontiac: the closest other places we track are Streator, about 19 miles to the northwest; Normal, about 31 miles to the southwest; Bloomington, about 33 miles to the southwest; and Ottawa, about 34 miles to the north. Also nearby: Morris (36 mi N), Kankakee (43 mi E), Minooka (43 mi NE), Washington (43 mi W), Channahon (44 mi NE), Bourbonnais (45 mi NE), Bradley (46 mi NE) and Morton (47 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Yorkville (54 mi); northeast toward Shorewood (49 mi); southeast toward Rantoul (48 mi); south toward Mahomet (50 mi); southwest toward Pekin (56 mi); and west toward East Peoria (49 mi).
Who serves Pontiac?
We track live outage data from ComEd, Ameren and Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative in Livingston County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
County context: across all of Livingston County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.3 hr. The full record for Livingston County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Pontiac, IL?
To check your own street, search a Pontiac ZIP code — 61764 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Pontiac specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Pontiac we have the city-level view: Ameren and ComEd have published outages for Pontiac under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Pontiac is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Livingston County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Pontiac.
