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Several waves of storms are included in the EOC activity for the weekend of July 23-26th. The EOC was activated at 21:00 on July 23.
On Friday night wind damage five, 75 foot sub-transmission poles in the Kewanee area affecting over 3000 customers.
Early Saturday evening storms blew through western Illinois in two waves. First, creating outages in areas near Rushville, Havana, and Petersburg, and the second in the area near Quincy.
Late Saturday night storms moved through the St. Louis area. At the peak of these storms over 15,000 customers were without service. 1400 remained without service by morning and most were restored by noon on Sunday.
Work was completed safely. The EOC returned Ameren Illinois to normal operations on Monday morning at 07:00.
Addional information on the July 23-26 weekend storms event is available. Read more.
Emergency Event 20100723AIU
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Early afternoon July 19th, a line of severe thunderstorms moved through a portion of Division IV, impacting customers in and around the North Pana, Taylorville, and Assumption areas of the division.
Damage identified in this area at this time:
21-25 poles down
73 spans of wire
Storm is currently impacting the Lawrenceville, Olney, Albion, Robinson, and Bridgeport areas of Division IV.
Estimated restorations time for storm related damage is 1200 on 7/20/10, pending further storm damage.
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On June 23, 2010 A squall line of severe thunderstorms moved across the northern portion of the service territroy, resulting in significant damage in the Kewanee and La Salle areas of Division I. The division has suffered damage in the form of broken poles and downed electrical conductor - an Initial Damage Assessment is underway At the peak of the storm, 14000 customers were without power.
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Emergency Event 20100623AIU
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As of 6:30 the morning of June 22nd, restoration efforts in Cass and Schuyler counties nears completion. Almost all customers have had service restored.
Beardstown was hit be severe storm at about 2:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 22, 2010, resulting in an electric service outage that affected the entire community. About 3,300 Ameren Illinois customers in and near Beardstown were left without power.
At 4:40 p.m. today, a total of about 990 customers were still without lights. Ameren Illinois anticipated that most customers would have their service restored by 12:00 a.m. midnight.
Ameren Illinois has assigned a total of 74 linemen to the service restoration effort in Beardstown. There also are another 39 personnel assigned to the restoration effort.
The storm caused extensive damage to the Ameren Illinois electrical distribution system, resulting in damage to utility poles and downed wires.
Some residents may need to repair customer-owned facilities, such as the meter base, weatherhead or point of attachment. This work should be performed by a professional electrical contractor. These repairs must be completed before service can be safely restored.
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Emergency Event 20100622AIU
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Ameren Illinois employees have worked non-stop since storms hit Central Illinois Saturday night, June 5, 2010. As of 8:30 p.m., Sunday, service to several thousand homes and businesses had been restored. There were several poles taken down from the high winds in several counties, but the most signifcant damage and safety concern was due to a tornado in Elmwood. We appreciate our customers' patience as power and natural gas service was restored. Please continue to watch the weather for more severe storms and take time to prepare your family.
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Power was restored to more than 35,000 homes and businesses due to
winter weather conditions that brought over a half inch of ice and high winds
Jan. 20 to the northern and central portions of our territory. The primary
cause of the power outages were due to a phenomenon known as “galloping
conductors.” Galloping conductors can occur when strong winds blow across
ice-coated power lines, causing the lines to move up and down in a violent
manner. This movement is known as “galloping,” which often results in
damage to cross arms on poles, insulators and even the wires.
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In the Headlines
1/22/2010 Power restored to most of Central Illinois
By the Bloomington Pantagraph staff
01/22/2010 Ameren reduces power outages to 4,800
By the Peoria Journal Staff
01/20/2010 - Freezing rain causing accidents throughout area
By Mary Schenk, Champaign News-Gazette
Storm Reference: 20100121AIU
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On May 9, Southern Illinois was hit with an inland hurricane that caused widespread damage in
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In the Headlines
05/14/2009 Editorial: Utility 'angels' deserve our respect, appreciation
By Voice Of The Southern
05/14/2009 Working on a muddy mess
By Blackwell Thomas, The Southern
Storm Event: 20090509AIU
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The Ameren Illinois Utilities experienced severe weather early 06/18/2009 in the central part of our territory which impacted service to at peak approximately 43,500 customers. The Company has made significant progress in restoring service today and as of about 5:00 pm approximately 27,630 customers have had service restored.
The storm primarily impacted service in the Galesburg and Peoria areas of our service territory. The Ameren Utilities expect to have all but about 10,000 customers restored to service late tonight with the majority of the remaining customers back in service by the end of the day tomorrow.
The Company continues to watch the weather conditions closely. The weather service is forecasting potential severe weather in our territory this evening and tomorrow.
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In the Headlines
06/18/2009 - Thousands without power; severe thunderstorm watch in effect
By the Peoria Journal Star
06/18/2009 - Storm makes a mess of towns, rural areas
By Susan Kaufman, The Register-Mail
06/18/2009 - Storms knock out power in Knoxville
By John David, WQAD
06/19/2009 - Cleanup begins after storms rip through central Illinois
By Ryan Ori, Peoria Journal Star
Storm Event: 20090618AIU
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