Taylorville Police have informed Regional Radio News that Ameren has a power outage on the west side of Taylorville, as well as traffic lights thru-out the town. T-P-D says a substation blew up on Langleyville Road. Ameren has been notified.
T-P-D is asking everyone to please stop calling them as dispatchers are being overloaded with calls regarding the outage and they're unable to answer emergency calls in a timely manner. T-P-D added that until the traffic lights are working again, treat them as you would a stop sign.
As of 9:33pm, Ameren's outage map showed 599 customers without service in the city limits of Taylorville, 34 customers in Hewittville, 74 in Langleyville, 4 in rural western Christian County, 224 in Kincaid, 16 in Bulpitt, 50 in Tovey, 50 in Sharpsburg, and 633 in Edinburg.
To report an electrical outage, please call Ameren at 800-755-5000.