Ameren Illinois Has More Than 2,000 Workers Engaged in Restoration Efforts Across Service Territory

For Immediate Release – June 30, 2023

Ameren Illinois Has More Than 2,000 Workers Engaged in Restoration Efforts Across Service Territory

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (June 30, 2023) – Ameren Illinois crews worked quickly and safely throughout Thursday evening and Friday morning to begin restoration efforts to thousands of power outages throughout central Illinois. As of 8 a.m. Friday, crews had successfully restored more than 70,000 customers, or 45 percent of the overall damage.

Situation
• The storm lines left more than a 500-mile stretch of widespread and unique incidents of damage across several Midwest states and caused more than 180,000 Ameren Illinois customers to lose power throughout the mid-section of the Ameren Illinois service territory. Hail, high winds and reported tornadoes contributed to the electric infrastructure damage. Preliminary wind maps show winds exceeding 85 MPH in some locations.

• Ameren representatives are coordinating with local and state officials and agencies, working together to get service safely restored. Customers are encouraged to sign up for alerts for specific restoration details related to their outage.

• Ameren Illinois deployed all available internal resources. Plus, more than 1,000 outside contractor personnel from 20 different utility resources are engaged or headed to assist. Crews will safely work until every customer is restored.

• As of 8 a.m., there are more than 650 poles (sub-transmission and distribution) damaged or destroyed.

Due to the scope of damage and the significant number of outages throughout the Ameren Illinois service territory, many customers should expect to be without power through Saturday evening. Some customers could have their power restored sooner and other outages could last longer.

Ameren expects to begin providing Estimated Safe Restoration Times to individual customers later this afternoon and into the evening.

Customer safety tips
• Call Ameren Illinois at 1-800-755-5000 as soon as possible to report a downed line, natural gas
odor, or an outage.
• Residents are reminded to stay away from downed power lines because these lines may still be
energized. Stay away from brush, shrubs and fallen trees that may be hiding these lines.
Real-time outage details and safety information are available at Ameren.com/outage. Customers and
media can also receive updates on outage restoration by following the Ameren Illinois news feed at
twitter.com/AmerenIllinois and Facebook.com/AmerenIllinois