New equipment to improve restoration times For Ameren customers after major storms

Mobile units will be important single point of contact for crews

Ameren has added two specially designed Mobile Command Center trailers to its fleet to coordinate crews and materials in the aftermath of a storm. The 24-foot-by-8-foot trailers can be pulled behind an Ameren utility truck and are climate controlled and equipped with high-speed internet access, computer workstations, a generator, technology for viewing real-time drone footage of storm damage and an awning to provide outside cover.

The Mobile Command Center trailers are designed to help Ameren enhance the resiliency of the electric grid, improve customer reliability and reduce power outages in the aftermath of severe weather.

"The Mobile Command Center trailers will give the company a single point of contact for crews, while also being available for use during mutual assistance response efforts outside Ameren's service areas," said Ryan Arnold, vice president of energy delivery, Ameren Missouri. "We will be able to deploy the command centers quickly and can have them set up and fully operational in minutes. It's going to make communications and coordination much more efficient. Most importantly, it will help us improve restoration times for our customers after a storm."

The Mobile Command Center trailers will complement the company's emergency preparedness fleet of equipment, which includes storm material trailers and mobile substations. Storm material trailers are stocked with supplies that enable crews to restore power safely after a storm, while a mobile substation can take over operations of a neighborhood substation damaged by a storm.

Ameren plans to take its Mobile Command Center trailers on the road should the company be called upon by the Midwest Mutual Assistance Group to assist a power company from anotherstate. For more information on how to stay safe during extreme weather, please visit ameren.com/company/safety/extreme-weather-safety.