More than 700 Hinsdale residents went without electricity for over 48 hours after severe storms tore through the area on Thursday, June 11, and Friday, June 12. Then, five days later, a second storm knocked power out again for more than 1,100 customers, including the Hinsdale Public Library.
Village President Greg Hart said he personally contacted ComEd leadership on the afternoon of Friday, June 12, after multiple neighborhoods had been dark for two full days with no clear restoration timeline.
"More than 48 hours without power, without a clear restoration timeline," Hart wrote on X that day. The post came after two straight nights of severe weather had left residents in the dark with no word from ComEd on when crews would arrive.
Hart posted a follow-up Friday afternoon confirming ComEd crews were on-site and repairs were underway. By Saturday, June 13, the number of affected residents had dropped from more than 700 to 46 remaining outages.
The relief was short-lived. On Tuesday, June 17, another storm rolled through Hinsdale, knocking out power to residents and businesses. Hart confirmed the Hinsdale Public Library was among those affected. By later that day, ComEd reported 84.8% of impacted customers had been restored, with 984 back online and 177 still without service across 12 active outages.
The storms were part of a broader regional weather event. ComEd mobilized more than 3,000 employees, including line workers, tree crews, and damage assessors, to respond across the Chicago area, where the utility was dealing with over 5,000 active outages on the morning of June 12, according to CBS News Chicago. In neighboring Orland Park, a peak of 6,230 residents lost power, according to Mayor Jim Dodge.
Hart, a former DuPage County commissioner, posted five public updates on X between June 12 and June 17, each time emphasizing that he was in direct contact with ComEd and monitoring the situation. The specific Hinsdale neighborhoods affected were not identified in any of his posts.
ComEd has not issued a public statement addressing Hinsdale specifically. The utility's regional response figures come from CBS News Chicago reporting.
Residents with ongoing outage concerns can report them directly to ComEd at 1-800-334-7661 or through the ComEd app. Village updates have been posted on Hart's X account (@_Greg_Hart).





