Alabama Power Company crews are slated to arrive in Illinois on Wednesday to assist in storm recovery efforts after a deadly derecho pummeled midwestern states in recent days.
The Alabama Power team members heading to Illinois just completed restoration efforts in New Jersey related to Tropical Storm Isaias. More than 200 of the company’s lineworkers and support personnel assisted in the Garden State after more than 1 million residents were affected by the storm.
Personnel arriving in Illinois will support Commonwealth Edison’s (ComEd) restoration efforts.
As of Tuesday, more than 400,000 ComEd customers remained without power in metropolitan Chicago and northern Illinois.
“We were in the right place to be able to move quickly from New Jersey to help the folks in Illinois,” stated Brian Lindsay, a manager in Alabama Power Company Power Delivery who is part of the company’s team heading to support ComEd. “Our crews are eager to support ComEd and their customers.”
Just as was the case in New Jersey, this is yet another example of Alabama Power offering and coordinating recovery work through the mutual assistance program of the Southeastern Electric Exchange, a trade association comprised of several member utilities.
Sean Ross is the editor of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn
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