Springfield, IL  (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – Multiple states were hit hard by Hurricane Helene and the rain and flooding that came with it.  Ameren‘s Brian Bretsch joined the WTAX Morning Newswatch and provided information about how Ameren crews, through a mutual aid agreement, are on the ground help get power restored. Five crew members/staff are from the Decatur and Springfield Operating Centers. Ameren crews have been dispatched to Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee.

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Ameren line worker in Kingsport, TN.

 

Ameren line worker in Kingsport, TN.

 

Ameren line workers in Kingsport, TN.

 

Ameren trucks starting to arrive, Monday afternoon at the staging site in Wytheville, Virginia.