Power Outages in Cook County, IL
No live outage feed is available for Cook County, IL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.4 hours.
Cook County, IL is served by local tracked utilities.
Cook County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
- Beach Hazards StatementMODERATE
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
- Air Quality AlertUNKNOWN
Cook County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Beach Hazards Statement on July 19, 2026.
- Air Quality Alert ×10
- Beach Hazards Statement ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Cook County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Chicagono active outage
- Cicerono active outage
- Schaumburgno active outage
- Evanstonno active outage
- Arlington Heightsno active outage
- Skokieno active outage
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Cook County went about 1.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 279,858 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 279,858 customers out) · decade average 1.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 139 | 144,538 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 111 | 95,661 | 1.1 |
| 2017 | 175 | 22,361 | 1.3 |
| 2018 | 208 | 101,662 | 2.2 |
| 2019 | 172 | 14,682 | 1.2 |
| 2020 | 201 | 279,858 | 5.6 |
| 2021 | 113 | 73,829 | 1.6 |
| 2022 | 137 | 67,114 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 253 | 23,437 | 1.0 |
| 2024 | 163 | 155,204 | 2.7 |
| 2025 | 130 | 63,645 | 1.4 |
Very High ice storms exposure · 1.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Cook County: FAQ
- How often does Cook County, IL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Cook County, IL logged 130 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Cook County, IL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 279,858 customers without power, beginning August 5, 2020 and lasting about 39d 18h.
- Is there a power outage in Cook County, IL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Cook County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Chicago, Cicero, Schaumburg, Evanston, Arlington Heights, Skokie, Palatine, Des Plaines, Orland Park, Oak Lawn, Berwyn, Mount Prospect, Tinley Park, Oak Park, Hoffman Estates, Glenview. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Cook County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Cook County (showing 40 of 167).
60004, 60005, 60007, 60008, 60010, 60016, 60018, 60022, 60025, 60026, 60029, 60043, 60053, 60056, 60062, 60067, 60068, 60070, 60074, 60076, 60077, 60090, 60091, 60093, 60104, 60107, 60120, 60130, 60131, 60141, 60153, 60154, 60155, 60160, 60162, 60163, 60164, 60165, 60169, 60171
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17031 and /api/v1/counties/17031/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers).