Ameren Missouri crews head home after helping restore power to Florida residents

Ameren announced Thursday its crews will head back to Missouri after assisting in the largest power restoration effort in U.S. history.

Ameren Missouri crews were in Florida for 10 days to get the electricity back on for Floridians left in the dark help by Hurricane Irma.

Missouri crews were among more than 60,000 utility workers who assisted with the restoration and recovery efforts.

Ameren Missouri, Ameren Illinois and Ameren Transmission deployed more than 1,000 full-time line workers.

According to the Edison Electric Institute, at Irma’s peak on Sept. 11 there were more than 7.8 million Floridians experiencing a disruption in electric service.

“Today our Ameren Missouri crews are on the road heading home from a long week of exhausting work restoring power to Florida residents after Hurricane Irma,” said Michael Moehn, chairman and president of Ameren Missouri. “Extreme heat and difficult conditions were just a few of the challenges they faced. I am thankful to everyone – line workers, logistics and support staff – who have spent countless hours working safely to help those in need.”

Ameren Missouri crews were released by Duke Energy on Wednesday and are expected to be back at their home locations by the weekend.