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ComEd Crews Continue Round-the-Clock Restoration as More Storms Move Through Region

$EXCPress releaseAug 12, 2026, 4:25 PM ETRead the release

ComEd is mobilizing 4,000 personnel to restore power to nearly 410,000 customers across northern Illinois after severe storms brought wind gusts of up to 96 MPH and potential tornadoes. A new wave of storms Wednesday morning added 35,000 outages, but the utility maintains targets to restore 80% of service by noon on Aug. 13 and 99% by 11 p.m. on Aug.

Key figures

New outages
35000
Total outages
410000
Wind gusts mph
96
Customers restored
275000
Personnel deployed
4000
Mutual assistance workers
150

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