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Deerfield Outages Down to 5%

Crews work to turn lights back on for remaining customers.

As of Friday afternoon, power outages were still impacting about 5 percent of Deerfield, according to village officials.

ComEd hopes to get electricity restored to the remaining customers by Friday at midnight. 

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According to Deerfield officials, 10 percent of the village still doesn't have power. Those numbers were released Friday morning.

ComEd has informed the Village Manager's Office that electricity should be turned back on for nearly all customers by midnight. However, in some cases there might be isolated outages affecting one or two homes into the weekend.    

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As of 10 a.m. Friday, there were 24,000 ComEd customers still without power, down from a total of 440,000 affected by outages, according to agency spokesperson Alicia Zatkowski. Of those 24,000 still without power, Zatkowski said 20,000 were in the company's northern service region.

In the height of the outages, nearly 3,000 ComEd customers lost power in Deerfield. 

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Many Deerfield residents woke up Friday morning to power, after more then 48 hours without electricity. However, some remain without electrical service.  

As of 10 a.m. Friday, there were 24,000 ComEd customers still without power, down from a total of 440,000 affected by outages, according to agency spokesperson Alicia Zatkowski. Of those 24,000 still without power, Zatkowski said 20,000 were in the company's northern service region.

"Northbrook and Northfield are among the hardest hit areas," she said. Both towns were among the company's list of worst-hit areas, along with Glenview, Skokie, Morton Grove, Mount Prospect, Elmhurst, Wheeling, Des Plaines and Park Ridge.

"Right now, ComEd is working on a lot of smaller power outages, which can be very labor intensive," she explained. 

At 7 a.m., there were 800 ComEd crews out on the streets, she said, and the agency predicted that 99 percent of customers would be restored by midnight Friday night.

Deerfield has collaborated with  to organize a food pickup on Saturday. Residents are being urged to place their freezer/refrigerator items in garbage containers by 7 a.m. on Saturday. However, this pickup solely impacts those affected by power outages and should not include brush.  

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About 30 percent of Deerfield is still experiencing power outages as of Thursday night according to village officials. 

ComEd expects to restore 90 percent of customers with electricity by midnight and the remaining 10 percent on Friday. 

The village has arranged a special pickup for downed trees on Friday. Debris must be curbside by 6 a.m. on Friday.

Deerfield has also collaborated with to organize a food pickup on Saturday. Residents are being urged to place their freezer/refrigerator items in garbage containers by 7 a.m. on Saturday. However, this pickup solely impacts those affected by power outages and should not include brush.  

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According to the Village Manager's Office, Deerfield is still dealing with widespread power outages.

ComEd expects 90 percent of customers to be back up and running by midnight on Thursday. The remaining 10 percent should have power by Friday night.

Village officials are warning that isolated outages, at one or two homes, may last into the weekend. 

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According to the Village Manager's Office, electricity has been restored to Deer Run, Poet's Corner and Whitehall. Approximately 2,000 ComEd customers are still without power in Deerfield. 

Power is expected to be restored to 90 percent of ComEd's service region by midnight Thursday, June 23, according to agency spokesperson Alicia Zatkowski. 

She said ComEd crews were working to restore power outages critical to public safety first, including police, fire and hospitals. Next, crews tackle power outages that affect the greatest number of customers.

"One of the challenges with this storm were there were many individual outages," she said. 

More than  700 crews were out working to restore power at 4 p.m. 

While those crews work to restore outages, evening commuters should be aware of traffic delays because of malfunctioning stoplights. 

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Thousands of Deerfield residents should plan on spending Wednesday night without power.

"We anticipate power to be out overnight and on in the morning at the very soonest," Jennifer Maltas, assistant to the village manager, told Patch around 4 p.m.

Approximitly 3,000 households and businesses don't have electricity in Deerfield. In total, 267,000 customers in Illinois were affected by the outages, according to ComEd after a storm rolled through the area on Tuesday. 

ComEd relayed to village officials that crews were working on outages at local hospitals first and are now focusing on feeders.

In the wake of power outages, local residents have flocked to nearby hotels. According to Maltas "every hotel in Deerfield is full." 

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A major storm that rolled through the Chicagoland area Tuesday night left many Deerfield residents without power.

The Village of Deerfield estimates about 60 percent of residents are being impacted by the power outages Wednesday. However, since the problem is widespread it could take more then a day to get electricity restored.

In total, 267,000 customers in Illinois were affected by the outages, according to ComEd. 

To make matters worse, some traffic signals aren't working, like the one at Waukegan and Osterman. Which means bigger traffic headaches for an already backed up Deerfield.  

According to the Village Manager's Office, "Public Works staff worked over night to clear roadways and continues to work throughout town today."

The village will also be providing a special pick up service for downed tree limbs. Residents are being advised to have their limbs at the curb before 7 a.m. on Friday for disposal. 


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