Ameren Illinois Utilities Expect to Complete Service Restoration by Evening; Customers Still Without Power Should Call Their Ame
December 22 2008 - 11:35AM
PR Newswire (US)
Lights on for more than 134,000 Customers PEORIA, Ill., Dec. 22
/PRNewswire/ -- The Ameren Illinois Utilities expect to complete
service restoration work by this evening for those customers who
are still without lights due to the ice storm and high winds.
Customers who are still without electrical service are asked to
contact their Ameren Illinois Utilities company. The Ameren
Illinois Utilities numbers are 888-672-5252 (AmerenCILCO),
888-789-2477 (AmerenCIPS) and 800-755-7000 (AmerenIP). In addition,
some customers may need the services of an electrical contractor to
reattach or repair customer-owned facilities, such as the meter
base, weatherhead or the point of attachment. Detailed information
is available on the Ameren Web site (http://www.ameren.com/). About
1,400 Ameren Illinois Utilities field personnel are continuing to
restore service to about 4,400 customers today. Since the ice storm
first hit early Friday morning, the Ameren Illinois Utilities have
turned the lights back on for 134,600 customers across Central
Illinois. If necessary, the electric service restoration effort
will continue into the nighttime hours until every customer has
power restored. Any deterioration of weather conditions could slow
the service restoration process, extending outages into tomorrow.
Ameren Illinois Utilities also noted they will continue to closely
monitor the developing weather situation which includes the
possibility of freezing rain, sleet and snow. Customers should be
prepared for the possibility of severe weather conditions that
could cause additional power outages. The Ameren Illinois Utilities
serve 1.2 million electric and more than 840,000 natural gas
customers in a 43,700-square-mile area of Illinois. Editor's Note:
Current information on the restoration effort, please visit
http://www.illinoisoutage.com/ DATASOURCE: Ameren Illinois
Utilities CONTACT: Leigh E. Morris, +1-217-416-9609, or Victoria
Busch, +1-618-614-3032, or Neal Johnson, +1-309-677-5284, all of
Ameren Illinois Utilities Web site: http://www.ameren.com/
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