Ameren Illinois is clarifying the incident that occurred Tuesday evening outside of Taylorville on the West Side.  Ameren Spokesperson Brian Bretsch, says it didn’t blow up per se.  A piece of equipment malfunctioned at the site and that is what caused the power outages.  

Bretsch says the part that broke was called a lightning arrester, a piece that saves the station from having bigger issues. 

Crews responded right away and were able to get it fixed by 11:30 last night and there should be no issues getting things back to normal even with today’s weather. 

Bretsch says crews are working on some power outages due to Winter Storm Landon today as well.

In Illinois, call 1-800-755-5000 to report an outage with Ameren.