08/16/2012 - 22:30 - Restoration Update
Southern Illinois Areas Impacted
Restoration Efforts Underway and updates are listed below by community:
Mattoon area
- Damage assessment so far has identified 50 known poles down
- IL Rte. 16 will be cleared tonight for traffic – work to be completed tomorrow
- Estimated Restoration Time – 22:00 on 17 August 2012
N. Pana area
- Restoration progressing well
- Estimated Restoration Time – 16:00 on 17 August 2012
Champaign area
- Estimated Restoration Time – 24:00 on 16 August 2012
Effingham area
- Estimated Restoration Time – 24:00 on 16 August 2012
Robinson area
- Estimated Restoration Time – 24:00 on 16 August 2012
Hillsboro area
- Estimated Restoration Time – 24:00 on 16 August 2012
Maryville area
- Estimated Restoration Time – 04:00 on 17 August 2012
Mt. Vernon area
- Estimated Restoration Time – 02:00 on 17 August 2012
Carbondale Area
- Estimated Restoration Time – 03:00 on 17 August 2012
Belleville area
- Estimated Restoration Time – 08:00 on 17 August 2012
East St. Louis area
- Estimated Restoration Time – 08:00 on 17 August 2012
Sparta area
- Estimated Restoration Time – 12:00 on 17 August 2012
Centralia area
- Estimated Restoration Time – 14:00 on 17 August 2012
Working Hours:
– Personnel will be ending work by 23:00 tonight for rest and resuming restoration work at 05:00 tomorrow.
Operations at Red Alert:
In order to coordinate Ameren Illinois resources the Emergency Operations Center was activated, effective at 16:30 on August 16, 2012. At 16:40 the peak number of outages were 22,677. As of 21:00, 11,996 outages have been restored.
Storm Safety:
Remember to be safe. Stay away from downed power lines. Report immediately to Ameren Illinois at 1.800.755.5000.
Emergency Event 20120816AIC
