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Ameren Illinois Power Restoration Update

Crews restore 92,000 outages

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (July 17, 2024) –Ameren Illinois crews continue working to restore power in communities impacted by severe storms and high winds that battered a wide section of downstate Illinois on Monday evening and into Tuesday. Since activating the Incident Management Team (IMT) to coordinate damage assessments and restoration efforts about 36 hours ago, crews have restored 92,000 outages.

"Fortunately, driving rain showers have subsided, aiding our crews in restoring the remaining outages for virtually all of our customers today," said Patrick Smith, senior vice president of operations for Ameren Illinois. "We know outages are an inconvenience and no one wants to be without power. Our team will work as safely and quickly as possible until the final outage has been restored. Thank you to everyone for your patience and understanding."  

Current Situation (10:00 a.m.)

  • Monday night's storm included 105+ mph winds, caused extensive damage to electric infrastructure in multiple counties throughout Ameren Illinois' downstate service territory. 
  • As of 10:00 a.m. July 17, approximately 11,500 Ameren Illinois customers remain without power in the service territory. See the Ameren outage map for a list of current outages ameren.com/outagemap. 
  • Approximately 92,000 outages have been restored since the storms began on Monday evening.
  • Nearly 1,400 workers (internal and contractor) are engaged in restoration throughout the Ameren Illinois service territory.

Ameren Illinois customers who have reported an outage or signed up for alerts will receive notification on the status of their individual outage. Go to AmerenIllinois.com/outage.

If a home or business has been damaged by severe storms, the customer may need to make specific repairs before Ameren can restore power. Learn more here: Storm Damage to Weatherheads on Vimeo.

Customers and media can receive updates on outage restoration by following the Ameren Illinois news feed at twitter.com/AmerenIllinois and Facebook.com/AmerenIllinois.

About Ameren Illinois
Ameren Illinois delivers energy to 1.2 million electric and more than 800,000 natural gas customers in Illinois. Our mission is to power the quality of life. Our service territory covers more than 1,200 communities and 43,700 square miles. For more information, visit AmerenIllinois.com, find us on

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