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ComEd Restores Power to More Than 70,000 Customers Following Spring Storms
High winds are expected through Saturday afternoon and could cause additional damage and outages. CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- After significant thunderstorms,
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nHigh winds are expected through Saturday afternoon and could cause additional damage and outages.\n\n\n CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nAfter significant thunderstorms, wind and tornados moved through northern Illinois Friday evening, ComEd crews have restored power to more than 70,000 customers. The hardest hit areas are the northern and western areas of Illinois including Rockford and Dixon. Approximately 23,000 customers remain without power as of 8:00 am, Saturday, April 1 while ComEd and contractor crews work 24/7 to restore service to all remaining customers as quickly and safely as possible.\n\n\nThe storms damaged trees and equipment, causing power outages for approximately 94,000 customers. Over 500 ComEd and contractor crews are working around the clock to restore power to customers. ComEd expects that power will be restored to 80 percent of customers by later today, April 1, and nearly all customers no later than Sunday afternoon, on April 2. A small number of customers requiring significant repairs may take longer to restore.\n\n\n“ComEd crews are hard at work throughout the region to restore power to customers following last night’s severe weather,” said Dave Perez, senior vice-president of Distribution Operations at ComEd. “We recognize that any outage is frustrating to our customers, and we thank everyone for their patience as we work to safely repair damaged equipment and restore service to our customers as quickly as possible.”\n\n\nFollowing the Friday storms, high winds, with gusts up to 45 miles per hour, are expected through Saturday afternoon, which can tear down branches, further damaging ComEd equipment and resulting in additional power outages. ComEd has called in additional crews from out of state to help restore customers throughout the weekend.\n\n\nComEd has been investing in power grid upgrades and tree trimming to minimize the impact of storms. Since smart grid upgrades began in 2011, ComEd has avoided more than 19 million power outages—saving more than $3.3 billion in outage-related costs—and improved overall reliability by more than 80 percent. In 2022, ComEd delivered its best reliability ever and was recognized with the ReliabilityOne Award for having the most resilient power grid in the U.S.\n\n\nComEd prioritizes repairs that will bring back the greatest number of customers at once, and focuses...