Today (Thursday, March 20) AmerenUE crews at the company's Marshall Substation in South St. Louis County prepared for flooding that threatens three AmerenUE substations near the Meramec River. By sandbagging around those substations, crews hope to keep the lights on for 6,300 customers, who are being switched to alternative substations.
Approximately 250 AmerenUE employees and contract crews began placing sandbags around the Fenton substation and then later today went to sandbag the Marshall and Rudder substations. All three substations are threatened with flooding due to the cresting of Meramec River predicted for Friday. On Wednesday, crews began removing all vulnerable equipment from these substations.
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