When will the power be back in Bloomington, IL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Bloomington is a city of about 79,232 residents in McLean County.
Corn Belt Energy Corporation has reported outages for Bloomington by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Bloomington 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 Bloomington:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Bloomington: the closest other places we track are Morton, about 28 miles to the west; Washington, about 29 miles to the northwest; East Peoria, about 33 miles to the northwest; and Pekin, about 35 miles to the west. Also nearby: Decatur (43 mi S), Champaign (44 mi SE), Streator (45 mi N), Taylorville (67 mi S), Charleston (80 mi SE), Joliet (84 mi NE), Plainfield (88 mi NE) and New Lenox (89 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Oswego (90 mi); northeast toward Frankfort (92 mi); and east toward West Lafayette, IN (108 mi).
Who serves Bloomington?
We track live outage data from Ameren, Corn Belt Energy Corporation and Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative in McLean County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Bloomington's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 26 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 1 — 26 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 30 — 30 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 25 — 588 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 13 — 99 customers out, restored in 3 hours
County context: across all of McLean County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.8 hr. The full record for McLean County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Bloomington, IL?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Bloomington's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Bloomington, IL?
To check your own street, search a Bloomington ZIP code — 61701, 61702, 61704, 61705, 61709, 61710 or any of the other 2 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Bloomington specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Bloomington we have the city-level view: Corn Belt Energy Corporation has published outages for Bloomington under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When Bloomington is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the McLean County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Bloomington.
