When will the power be back in Whiteside County, IL?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Whiteside County, IL right now.

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Elsewhere in Illinois: 112 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 3:45 PM CDT.

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Who serves Whiteside County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include ComEd and Illinois Electric Cooperatives ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Rock Falls and City of Albany also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Whiteside County, IL

Last significant outage: Sep 20, 2026 — peaked at 348 customers, restored in ~2.5 hr (wind/storm).

Across the 7 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2.5 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 1, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Whiteside County, IL

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 229 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 1 major event of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~17,218 customers out in August 2020, restored after about 5 days. The busiest year on record here was 2021.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Cities we track in Whiteside County

Sterling

Communities in Whiteside County include Sterling, Rock Falls, Morrison, Fulton, Prophetstown, Erie, Albany and Tampico. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Whiteside County, IL?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Whiteside include ComEd, Illinois Electric Cooperatives, City of Rock Falls and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

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Carroll County · Henry County · Bureau County · Lee County · Ogle County · Rock Island County · Stephenson County · Jo Daviess County

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