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Power Restored to More Than 100,000 ComEd Customers Following Severe Storms Amid Extreme Heat
ComEd Offering Care Vans, Cooling Buses in Areas With Remaining Outages CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Despite the challenge of working in extremely hot
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nComEd Offering Care Vans, Cooling Buses in Areas With Remaining Outages\n\n CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nDespite the challenge of working in extremely hot conditions, ComEd crews have restored power to more than 100,000 customers throughout its service area after storms with heavy rain and powerful wind gusts up to 80 MPH moved through northern Illinois on Monday night. To help customers who remain without power stay cool as area temperatures surge, ComEd has made cooling buses and care vans available at several locations.\n\nThe storm disrupted service to approximately 125,000 customers. ComEd exceeded its plan to restore 80 percent of customers by 3 pm on Tuesday, June 14, by more than two hours; surpassing this goal has allowed ComEd to redirect even more resources toward those customers who remain without power.\n\n“At ComEd, our hard-working field forces train for challenging conditions, and that training has certainly been put to the test today as they work around the clock in extremely hot and humid temperatures to quickly and safely restore power to our customers,” said Terence Donnelly, ComEd’s President and Chief Operating Officer. “We recognize that any outage is frustrating to our customers, especially in these hot conditions, and we thank them for their patience as we work to restore the remaining outages as quickly as we can.”\n\nApproximately 875 ComEd and contractor crews are working around the clock to get all remaining customers restored. While a majority of customers have already been restored, some customer outages in pockets with the most significant damage may last until Wednesday afternoon. As of 3 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14, approximately 13,000 customers remain without service.\n\nTo help customers without power stay cool, ComEd has set up cooling buses, which are equipped with air conditioning, at the following locations:\n\n\nWestchester Village Hall (10300 W Roosevelt Rd, Westchester, IL)\n\n\nNorth Riverside Village Hall (2401 Des Plaines Ave, North Riverside, IL)\n\n\nRoselle Municipal Complex (31 S Prospect St., Roselle, IL)\n\n\nBrook Park School (1214 Raymond Ave, La Grange Park, IL)\n\n\nComEd has also set up care vans, which are equipped with charging stations, water and outage information, at the following locations:\n\n\nWestchester Village Hall (10300 W Roosevelt Rd, Westchester, IL)\n\n\nLyo...