Ameren Illinois is reporting all customers in the Marion and Jefferson County area once again have power following some outages that lasted more than two days. The final restoration came late Sunday afternoon for 18 customers in the Patoka zip code and 11 in the Centralia zip code. The final customers in Salem and Mt. Vernon had power restored by mid-afternoon on Saturday.
Just 66 customers statewide in Ameren territory remain without power as of 9:30 Sunday night.
Ameren Illinois bolstered the repair effort by bringing crews from other parts of the state as well as utilizing private crews to get the power back on more quickly. Crews on Saturday were battling power lines entangled in down trees and tree limbs.
Tri-County Electric completed the restoration of service to all customers by late Friday night.
The power problems were the result of a powerful line of thunderstorms that crossed the area Friday morning. Most areas received around a half-inch of rain.
