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Ameren Illinois Utilities
Ameren Illinois Utilities Push to Restore Lights in Central Illinois by Tonight; Strong Winds May Slow Restoration Effort, Cause New Outages
January 9th, 2009
More than 1,400 Ameren Illinois Utilities field personnel are at work to restore electrical service by late evening to about 15,000 customers without lights in the wake of yesterday's ice storm, but high winds forecasted for tonight and tomorrow threaten to slow the service restoration effort and even cause new outages. "Our primary concern is that power lines and trees still heavily coated with ice and today's colder temperatures mean little if any of that ice will melt. High winds blowing on ice-coated power lines and trees can damage the power lines and cause tree limbs to break and fall into power lines. Our customers need to be prepared for the possibility of new...
Source: Health Business Week (2009-01-09)
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