More than 200,000 household remained without power on Monday morning, as Ameren and volunteer electrical workers from co-ops across the Midwest work day and night.
Mayor Francis Slay joined the aggravated number of residents late Friday when he chastised Ameren for been “very, very vague,” about when service would be returned to customers.
“It’s a life and death situation,” he said during a press conference.
This weekend , Ameren companies have restored approximately 270,000 Metro St. Louis and Illinois customers affected by the devastating July 19 and July 21 storms—298,000 remain without power in Illinois and Missour, and 241,000 remain without power in the Metro area.
More than 3,950 contractors and employees—up from 2,700 yesterday— are working to restore power—150 more are expected to arrive tonight. These workers are from several states.
Ameren officials originally estimated that restoration would take three to five days—but with the storm of July 21 adding 200,000 customer outages, restoration time may slip into Tuesday or Wednesday.
