Ameren Illinois officials say there will be a planned power outage for 155 customers in the area of College and Whitaker Streets in Salem beginning at 11:30 Wednesday night.
Ameren’s Brian Bretsch says the outage is necessary to complete the relocation of a major power line serving Salem. He reports three new poles have already been set. The lines need to be moved to allow for the realignment of West Whitaker Street so it lines up with the other segment of West Whitaker on the other side of College Street.
Bretsch says electricity to the impacted customers should be restored no later than five Thursday morning.
Bretsch says those who have their current phone number registered with Ameren Illinois will receive a robo call telling them they are included in the outage area.
Bretsch encourages those who have changed phone numbers to call Ameren at 1-800-755-5000 so their information can be updated and they can receive calls about power outages.
