The company anticipates restoring all customers by this evening. The hardest-hit areas are in
AmerenUE crews and contractors were mobilized immediately, and nearly 200 additional line workers came to help from central and southeastern
“We thank customers for their patience. We know it’s difficult not having power during warm weather. I should add that our customers’ safety and that of our workers is critical,” said Richard Mark, senior vice president, AmerenUE Missouri Energy Delivery. “We urge customers to seek shelter if their homes become unbearably warm. We are also urging customers who see a fallen or low hanging wire to assume that it is still energized and dangerous and to call AmerenUE, stay away from the line and warn others to do the same.”
Ameren, through its subsidiaries, serves 2.4 million electric customers and one million natural gas customers in a 64,000-square-mile area of