When will the power be back in Sterling, IL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Sterling is a city of about 14,535 residents in Whiteside County.
ComEd has reported outages for Sterling by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Sterling 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 Sterling:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Sterling: the closest other places we track are Dixon, about 12 miles to the east; Clinton, IA, about 28 miles to the west; Freeport, about 34 miles to the north; and Kewanee, about 40 miles to the south. Also nearby: East Moline (41 mi SW); Bettendorf, IA (43 mi W); Rockford (45 mi NE); Moline (47 mi SW); DeKalb (50 mi E); Davenport, IA (50 mi W); Rock Island (51 mi SW); and Loves Park (52 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Monroe, WI (56 mi); northeast toward Machesney Park (52 mi); east toward Sycamore (54 mi); southeast toward Ottawa (54 mi); south toward Peoria (72 mi); southwest toward Galesburg (68 mi); west toward Muscatine, IA (76 mi); and northwest toward Dubuque, IA (71 mi).
Who serves Sterling?
We track live outage data from ComEd and Illinois Electric Cooperatives ↗ in Whiteside County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Rock Falls and City of Albany also serve parts of Whiteside County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Sterling's last tracked outage began Aug 27, peaked at 28 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours.
- Aug 27 — 28 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Whiteside County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.8 hr. The full record for Whiteside County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Sterling, IL?
To check your own street, search a Sterling ZIP code — 61081 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Sterling specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Sterling we have the city-level view: ComEd has published outages for Sterling under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Sterling is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Whiteside County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Sterling.
