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Power Outages in Whiteside County, IL

Commonwealth Edison Co and Jo-Carroll Energy, Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Albany - (IL) and City of Rock Falls - (IL). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.8 hours.

Whiteside County, IL is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Commonwealth Edison Co and Jo-Carroll Energy, Inc publish no county-level figures.

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Live status by utility · Whiteside County

0.0%of this county's ~24,731 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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We can't see outages for: City of Albany - (IL), City of Rock Falls - (IL). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: Commonwealth Edison Co, Jo-Carroll Energy, Inc.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Commonwealth Edison CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Jo-Carroll Energy, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
City of Albany - (IL)No live feedcan't see------
City of Rock Falls - (IL)No live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Whiteside Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.

Power-dependent
839
Oxygen service
216
Dialysis (facility)
96
Home health / hospice
117
By ZIP code (11)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
61081287≤11191≤11
61071225≤11172≤11
6127089≤1161≤11
6125251≤1139≤11
6127747≤1128≤11
6125018012≤11
61283160140
6126112≤11≤110
61230120≤110
61251≤110≤110
61243≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Whiteside County, IL

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Whiteside County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Whiteside County

Whiteside County has been under 38 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.

  • Flood Watch ×20
  • Flood Warning ×6
  • Special Weather Statement ×4
  • Flash Flood Warning ×3
  • Freeze Warning ×3
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×2

Latest Whiteside County, IL outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 50m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 18, 2026

  3. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 385 customers out

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,442 customers out (3.3% of the county)

Outage trend · Whiteside County, IL
0customers out
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Whiteside County, IL: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 0 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.81Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Whiteside County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Whiteside County went about 0.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 17,218 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports Illinois utilities averaged 2.4 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 0.8 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Whiteside County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 2.6h, 2016 0.3h, 2017 1.9h, 2018 1.1h, 2019 2.5h, 2020 22.5h, 2021 1.0h, 2022 1.0h, 2023 1.8h, 2024 1.1h, 2025 0.8h. Highlighted: 2020.01020302.6h20150.3h20161.9h20171.1h20182.5h201922.5h20201.0h20211.0h20221.8h20231.1h20240.8h2025
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Worst year here was 2020 (peak 17,218 customers out) · decade average 3.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20154816,6242.6
20162111,2320.3
20174131,6421.9
20184201,8851.1
20195041,7652.5
202050617,21822.5
20214738641.0
20225331,5791.0
20234842,7441.8
20245171,5621.1
20255213,4830.8

Cost of power in Whiteside County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Whiteside County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.

17.7¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 34% since 2015
vs Illinois avg 19.2¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
August 10, 202017,2186d 4h
June 22, 20156,6242d 7h
April 29, 20253,4837h 15m
November 10, 20203,3751d 15h
April 1, 20232,7442d 18h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High high winds exposure · 3.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Strong windRelatively High
TornadoRelatively Moderate
Ice stormRelatively Moderate

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Whiteside County: FAQ

How often does Whiteside County, IL lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Whiteside County, IL logged 521 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Whiteside County, IL?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 17,218 customers without power, beginning August 10, 2020 and lasting about 6d 4h.
Is there a power outage in Whiteside County, IL right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Whiteside County, IL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Whiteside County, IL?
Tracked electric providers include Commonwealth Edison Co, Jo-Carroll Energy, Inc.
Nearby counties
Bureau CountyCarroll CountyClinton CountyHenry County
ZIP codes in Whiteside County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Whiteside County.

61037, 61071, 61081, 61230, 61243, 61250, 61251, 61252, 61261, 61270, 61277, 61283

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Commonwealth Edison Co1.3 hrsLive · total only-
Jo-Carroll Energy, Inc2.3 hrsLive · total only-
City of Albany - (IL)-No live feed-
City of Rock Falls - (IL)-No live feed-

Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Illinois customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/17195 and /api/v1/counties/17195/history.