More than 108,000 customers restored since the start of
yesterday’s storms
Company Website:
http://www.comed.com
CHICAGO -- (Business Wire)
ComEd has restored power to more than 90 percent of the 120,000
customers impacted by severe thunderstorms that produced high winds,
hail and heavy rain that swept through the Chicago area in two waves
during Sunday afternoon and evening.
More than 650 crews are continuing to work on restoring power to
approximately 10,600 customers. Yesterday’s storm arrived in two waves,
one in the afternoon and one later in the evening, both caused severe
damage leaving behind uprooted and broken trees, lifted rooftops and
multiple downed power lines throughout the region.
The majority of remaining outages are in severely impacted areas,
including Grayslake and Round Lake Beach in Lake County. According to
the National Weather Service, a tornado may have touched down in
Grayslake area where there is a lot of tree debris that must be cleared
before the utility can further assess the extent of damage and safely
restore power. ComEd has established a mobile command center in the
Grayslake area.
“ComEd crews are focused on restoring power to every customer as quickly
and safely as possible,” said Terence R. Donnelly, executive vice
president and chief operating officer for ComEd. “We appreciate our
customers’ patience as we address impacted areas to repair damage caused
by the storms and restore power.”
ComEd urges customers to contact the utility immediately if they are
experiencing a power outage. Customers can text OUT to 26633 (COMED) to
report their outage and receive restoration information.
ComEd also introduced a mobile app for iPhone and Android® smart phones,
available in the app store for each platform, which gives customers the
ability to report power outages and manage their accounts. In addition,
customers can report outages through the website at ComEd.com or on
ComEd’s Facebook page at Facebook.com/ComEd or by calling 1-800 EDISON1
(1-800-334-7661). Spanish-speaking customers should call 1-800-95-LUCES
(1-800-955-8237).
For information related to storm outages customers can visit ComEd Storm
Center at ComEd.com/storm.
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) is a unit of Chicago-based Exelon
Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s leading competitive energy
provider, with approximately 7.8 million customers. ComEd provides
service to approximately 3.8 million customers across northern Illinois,
or 70 percent of the state’s population.For more information
visit ComEd.com,
and connect with the company on Facebook,
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and YouTube.
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Source: ComEd
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