07/23/10 - 21:00 - Ameren Ilinois Activiates EOC
Kewanee, La Salle Impacted
A series of severe storms accompanied by high winds has impacted the areas in and around the Kewanee and LaSalle areas of Division I.
Activation of EOC:
The Ameren Illinois Utilites Emergency Operations Center was activated at 21:00 on July 23, 2010.
Status of Restoration:
- in the Kewanee area, a large number of the customers out-of-service are associated with an outage to circuit 5382; the outage is the result of wind damage to 5 - 75' poles
- a number of critical infrastructure customers are out-of-service - the Divison Community Resource Coordinator is managing contact and communication with these customers
Estimated Restoration Times:
LaSalle area - 1200 on 07/25/10
Kewanee area - 1600 on 07/24/10
Note: These estimates to be updated following the next operational assessment call.
Emergency Event 20100723AIU



