WIEC Storm Update - July 6, 2023, 9:00p.m.

Really good day today, several more members had their power restored! We are still hopeful by the end of the day tomorrow, we will have everyone back on that we can. There will be a few members that will not have power by end of day tomorrow due to damages to their electrical equipment.

WIEC has six substation territories. When a substation goes offline and does not have power the member in that territory also loses power. WIEC can feed that substation area from other substations to get members' power. The problem we have when we do this is that we cannot use our meter reading technology to run reports to see if members have power. The transmission line that feeds the power to the Powellton substations was destroyed! That transmission line is nine miles long and Prairie Power Inc., has started rebuilding the line, but it is going to take three to four weeks to build. So WIEC will have to feed the Powellton substation area from other substations. We will not be able to run reports to see if you are out of power. The past several days WIEC lineman have been driving the lines physically to see who has power and who does not.

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE POWER STARTING AT NOON TOMORROW, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2023, CALL THE OFFICE AT 217-357-3125 BETWEEN 12:30pm AND 4:30pm. IF IT IS AFTER HOURS, YOU CAN CALL OUR AFTER HOURS CALL CENTER AT 1-800-576-3125 OR TODD GROTTS AT 217-357-7342.

Please let your family, neighbors, friends and anyone else that may not have Facebook know this. We will also try to get this on our website along with WCAZ radio.

- July 6, 2023, 9:00p.m.

Really good day today, several more members had their power restored! We are still hopeful by the end of the day tomorrow, we will have everyone back on that we can. There will be a few members that will not have power by end of day tomorrow due to damages to their electrical equipment.

WIEC has six substation territories. When a substation goes offline and does not have power the member in that territory also loses power. WIEC can feed that substation area from other substations to get members' power. The problem we have when we do this is that we cannot use our meter reading technology to run reports to see if members have power. The transmission line that feeds the power to the Powellton substations was destroyed! That transmission line is nine miles long and Prairie Power Inc., has started rebuilding the line, but it is going to take three to four weeks to build. So WIEC will have to feed the Powellton substation area from other substations. We will not be able to run reports to see if you are out of power. The past several days WIEC lineman have been driving the lines physically to see who has power and who does not.

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE POWER STARTING AT NOON TOMORROW, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2023, CALL THE OFFICE AT 217-357-3125 BETWEEN 12:30pm AND 4:30pm. IF IT IS AFTER HOURS, YOU CAN CALL OUR AFTER HOURS CALL CENTER AT 1-800-576-3125 OR TODD GROTTS AT 217-357-7342.

Please let your family, neighbors, friends and anyone else that may not have Facebook know this. We will also try to get this on our website along with WCAZ radio.