RICK Electrical Contractors is pleased to offer a Sump Pump Monitoring solution to our customers. In today's environment and the frequency of severe storms in the Chicagoland area, it makes sense to be informed immediately should your Home or Business experience a Loss of Commercial Electric Power, Unwanted Water, Flooding or Inside Freezing Conditions. The Home or Business Monitor is a reliable and affordable product that no Home or Business should be without. Best of all, there is no monthly monitoring fee or service required. 

Let RICK Electrical Contractors keep your family, home & business informed when mother nature brings on the storms!

Northern Illinois & Chicago Area Power Outage Timeline 

• October 2 ,2005 - 38,000 customers in the Chicagoland area lost electrical power due to thunderstorms. 
• August 10, 2006 - 25,000 customers in the south Chicagoland suburbs lost electrical power due to thunderstorms.

2007

• August, 2007 - 615,000 customers lost electrical power in Northern Illinois and in the Chicago area due to thunderstorms and major flooding. 
• December 24, 2007 - 250,000 customers lost electrical power in the Chicago area over the Christmas holiday weekend due to ice, snow & high winds. Some customers were without commercial electrical power for over 24 hours.

2008

• May 30, 2008 - 69,000 customers lost electrical power over the weekend due to thunderstorms and high winds in the Chicago area.
• June 5, 2008 - 8,000 customers lost electrical power due to thunderstorms and high winds in the Chicago area.
• June 7, 2008 - 46,000 customers lost electrical power over the weekend due to tornadoes in the Chicago area.
• June 14, 2008 - 131,000 customers lost electrical power over the weekend due to thunderstorms and high winds in the Chicago area.
• June 28, 2008 - 28,000 customers lost electrical power due to thunderstorms and high winds in the Chicago area.
• July 10, 2008 - 24,000 customers lost electrical power due to thunderstorms and high winds in the Chicago area.
• July 29, 2008 - 3,000 customers lost electrical power due to thunderstorms and high winds in Northern Illinois.
• August 4, 2008 - 557,000 customers lost electrical power due to thunderstorms, high winds and tornadoes in the Chicagoland, Northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana areas.
• September 15, 2008 - 7,500 customers in the Chicagoland area lost electrical power over the weekend due to near-record amounts of rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ike resulting in major flooding in many areas of Illinois and other states.
• October 26, 2008 - 10,000 customers in the Chicagoland area lost electrical power due to wind storms with wind gusts exceeding 47mph.
• December 19, 2008 - 60,000 customers throughout the Chicagoland & Northern Illinois areas lost electrical power due to ice and snow storms.
• December 21, 2008 - 78,000 customers throughout the south Chicagoland suburbs lost electrical power due to blizzard-like conditions & high winds.
• December 27, 2008 - 9,000 customers scattered throughout the City of Chicago and surrounding suburbs lost electrical power due to extensive rain & flooding within the local power company sub-stations.

2009 

• March 8, 2009 - 4,500 customers located in the far south Chicago suburbs lost electrical power due to extensive flooding from almost 3" of rain over the weekend and high winds.
• March 29, 2009 - 43,000 customers throughout the Chicago area lost electrical power on Sunday morning due to high winds, snow and ice.
• April 5, 2009 - 11,000 customers in the Chicago area lost electrical power due to a sleet, snow & ice storm.
• April 11, 2009 - Approximately 10,700 customers in the southwest Chicagoland suburbs lost electrical power. The cause of the outage was not identified by ComEd.
• June 19, 2009 - 120,000 customers in the greater Chicagoland and Northern IL areas lost electrical power due to numerous thunderstorms, flooding & high winds. Rainfall totals in the range of 4" to 5 1/2" in the Chicago area.
• August 19, 2009 - Approximately 4,700 customers in the greater Chicagoland and Northern IL region lost electrical power due to numerous thunderstorms and high winds. Funnel cloud sightings were reported.
• December 22, 2009 - 3,100 customers lost electrical power in the Kanakee, IL area due to high winds.
• December 23, 2009 - 21,000 customers in the Rockford, IL area lost electrical power due to a major ice storm that hit the midwest. 

2010

• June 19, 2010 - Over 595,000 customers in the greater Chicagoland area lost electrical power due to (2) two rounds of thunderstorms which caused major damage to the ComeEd Electrical grid. This storm produced high winds in excess of 74 mph. In comparison, a Class 1 hurricane has winds of 75mph. Some customers were without electrical power for up to (5) days.
• June 23, 2010 - Over 220,000 customers in the Chicagoland area lost electrical power due to multiple thunderstorms and lightning. This storm produced Tornado Warnings and high winds in excess of 80mph.
• July 23, 2010 - Over 280,000 customers in the Chicagoland area lost electrical power due to multiple thunderstorms, lightning and excessive winds @ 70 mph. Rainfall from this storm produced 7 1/2" of rain in many areas and caused numerous flooding to streets and area homes.
• August 4, 2010 - Over 24,000 customers in the Chicagoland area lost electrical power due to thunderstorms, winds in excess of 60mph and lightning. Rainfall from this storm produced various flooding conditions throughout Northern IL.
• September 21, 2010 - Over 23,000 customers in the Chicagoland area lost electrical power due to thunderstorms, winds in excess of 70 mph and lightning.
• October 26, 2010 - 200,000 customers in the Chicagoland area lost electrical power due to thunderstorms and high winds gusting to 81 mph. Tornados touched down and caused damage in Elburn & Peotone, IL.

2011 (Record Breaking Power Outages in Illinois)

• February 1, 2011 - Approximately 190,000 customers throughout Northern IL and the Chicagoland area lost electrical power due to historical blizzard conditions combined with winds gusting to 70mph. Snow fall ranges between 10 to 24 inches fell on February 1st and 2nd (total snow amounts varied by location).
• June 4, 2011 - Approximately 14,000 customers throughout Northern IL and the Chicagoland area lost electrical power due to thunderstorms, hail and winds in excess of 70 mph.
• June 9, 2011 - Approximately 59,000 customers throughout Northern IL and the Chicagoland area lost electrical power due to thunderstorms, winds in excess of 60 mph and 5 inches of rain in some areas.
• June 21, 2011 - Approximately 430,000 customers in the Chicagoland area lost electrical power due to thunderstorms, lightning and huricane type winds in excess of 90 mph. Tornado sirens sounded throughout much of the Chicagoland area as two tornados touched-down. Hardest hit areas were the Northern Chicago Suburbs where customers will be without commercial electrical power for at least 2 or 3 days.
• June 30, 2011 - Approximately 145,000 customers in the Chicagoland area lost electrical power due to thunderstorms, high winds and golf-ball sized hail. Hardest hit areas were the Northern suburbs and City of Chicago areas located near Lake Michigan. Some customers will be without commerical electrical power for a 3 to 4 day restoration time period.
• July 11, 2011 - Approximately 850,000 customers in the Chicagoland area lost electrical power due to a fast moving thunderstorm creating hurricane type winds in excess of 75 mph. ComEd commented that this power outage is a record breaking outage in the Chicagoland and Northern Illinois areas. Due to the challenging restoration period mainly because of downed trees and power lines, thousands of customers were without commercial electrical power for 7 days. Utility crews are called in from other states to assist in the ComEd restoration effort.
• July 23, 2011 - Approximately 90,000 customers in the Chicagoland area lost electrical power due to lightning, wind and heavy rain. Some areas received almost 7 inches of rain over a 2 hour period.
• July 23, 2011 - ComEd Says 2011 Sets Record For Outages
• July 24, 2011 - Approximately 76,000 customers in the Chicagoland area lost electrical power due to lightning, strong winds and heavy rain.
• August 2, 2011 - Approximately 120,000 customers in the Chicagoland area lost electrical power due to thunderstorms, lightning and winds in excess of 70 mph.

Had recent basement flooding problems or no electrical service  due to the numerous storms?

Was it due to Sump Pump Failure, a Power Outage, Lack of Notification, Nobody at Home, Nobody checked the basement or All of the Above?

•  Frustrated? Don’t you just hate it when you discover your basement has been flooded or you had to throw out all of your food in the refrigerator or freezer due to a power outage while you were away from home? Who wants that mess to clean up along with the unnecessary expenses?
•  Solution: Your home or business needs a Monitoring System that can notify and alert you via telephone 7 x 24 hours in the event of: Unwanted Water or Flooding Due to Sump Pump Failure, Loss of Commercial Electric Power or Inside Freezing Temperature Conditions. Even if your home or business looses commercial electrical power, the Monitoring System continually monitors your home, cabin, town home, condo, shop, store or business for all of these conditions while you’re gone. Easy to program up to 3 emergency phone numbers (even cell phones) to alert you with a voice message on the type of warning condition. It will automatically outdial via your home or business telephone land line until somebody acknowledges the warning condition. Best of all, there is no monthly monitoring fee or service required!