If you are experiencing a power outage or disruption to your natural gas service, please call:

Ameren Illinois: 1-800-755-5000

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Certain repairs must be completed before service can be safely restored.

Residents who need to repair customer-owned facilities, such as the meter base, weatherhead or point of attachment, should have this work performed by a professional electrical contractor. Learn more.

05/09/2009 UPDATE: 1,300+ people on ground (VIDEO)

The unusually violent spring storm caused extensive property damage in Southern Illinois. High winds knocked down hundreds of Ameren Illinois Utilities' utility poles, downed electric lines, slammed trees into transmission lines and damaged electrical equipment in Franklin, Gallatin, Jackson, Johnson, Perry, Saline, Union and Williamson counties.

The Ameren Illinois Utilities have made progress by restoring power to about 12,600 customers in the wake of what has been described as an inland hurricane that devastated portions of Southern Illinois on Friday.

A force of more than 1,300 field and support personnel have been able to reduce the number of customer outages to about 56,200 at 5:00 p.m. today.

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Storm Reference: 20090509AIU