EEI Honors Ameren Corporation With 'Emergency Recovery Award' for Ice Storm Restoration
January 09 2008 - 1:27PM
PR Newswire (US)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Edison
Electric Institute today honored Ameren Corporation as a winner of
the association's "Emergency Recovery Award" for outstanding
efforts to restore electric power in the wake of two severe ice
storms during the space of six weeks in late 2006 and early 2007.
EEI's "Emergency Recovery Award" is presented annually to recognize
outstanding efforts in restoring electric service that has been
disrupted by severe weather conditions or other natural events.
Winners are chosen by a panel of judges following an international
nomination process, and the awards were presented during EEI's
winter CEO meetings in Arizona today. The two winter storms, of a
severity rarely seen in Ameren companies' affected service region,
together caused outages to more than 1.1 million customers in and
around the company's Missouri and Illinois territories. Extreme and
dangerous icy conditions during both storms made restoration work
especially challenging for Ameren companies' employees. However,
the company aggressively and strategically deployed more than 4,000
electrical workers and 1,400 tree and vegetation workers, as well
as hundreds of other employees, during each storm. Ameren companies
also maintained almost constant communications with customers both
directly and via the news media throughout both restoration
efforts. "Ameren's outstanding response in the face of two
history-making ice storms offers a terrific example of a company
using all of its resources in order to restore electricity service
even in highly unusual and unfavorable circumstances," said EEI
President Thomas R. Kuhn. "The company's preparedness for both
storms and its strategic yet aggressive approach in highly
unfavorable conditions are a testament to our industry's dedication
to getting the lights back on as soon as possible after devastating
storms like these." Edison Electric Institute (EEI) is the
association of United States investor-owned electric utilities and
industry affiliates and associates worldwide. Its domestic members
generate approximately three-quarters of all the electricity
generated by electric utilities in the country and serve about 70
percent of all ultimate customers in the nation. DATASOURCE: Edison
Electric Institute CONTACT: Ed Legge of Edison Electric Institute ,
+1-202-508-5074 Web site: http://www.ameren.com/
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