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.

01/21/10 - 22:30 - Ameren Illinois Restores Power to ~35,000

Work Will Continue Overnight

22:30 - 01/21/10 - EOC Update

More than 500 Ameren Illinois Utilities (AmerenCIPS, AmerenCILCO, AmerenIP) personnel and contractors are waging a challenging battle with the weather and hazardous working conditions to restore electricity service to Northern Illinois customers. As of 22;20, more than 35,000 homes and businesses have had power restored with 4,400 customers remaining. At this time, it is estimated all service will be restored by 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. However, outages may last longer if weather and working conditions deteriorate. To report downed power lines or other problems, customers should call the Ameren Illinois Utilities: 1-888-672-5252 (AmerenCILCO), 1-888-789-2477 (AmerenCIPS) and 1-800-755-7000 (AmerenIP).

Storm Reference: 20100121AIU