Customers without Lights Asked to Call MARION, Ill., May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Despite another round of severe weather that moved across Southern Illinois early this morning, the Ameren Illinois Utilities (AIU) will have the lights back on by late tonight for nearly all the 68,800 homes and businesses that lost power when the inland hurricane raced across the region. "Tomorrow, we will be handling any remaining isolated outages as well as turning service back on for our customers who have completed repairs to their facilities," said John Barud, AIU manager of Division VI.

1,000 Linemen Working into the Night to Turn Lights on MARION, Ill., May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Ameren Illinois Utilities (AIU) have used materials such as utility poles and wire valued at more than $2.25 million in the work to get the power flowing to customers following the inland hurricane that caused widespread damage in Southern Illinois. At 5:30 p.m.

Service Restored to 35,000 Customers MARION, Ill., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ameren Illinois Utilities (AIU) have increased the size of their small army of field and support personnel to 1,900 people working restore service in storm ravaged Southern Illinois, where over the past 69 hours the lights have been turned back on for approximately 35,000 customers.