COLLINSVILLE – Lightning struck a Collinsville substation early Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, causing equipment to malfunction and knocking out power to about 3,000 customers as a storm moved through Madison County, according to Brian Bretsch, public and media relations manager.
The outage began around 4:40 a.m. Wednesday, after lightning struck inside the substation in the 200 block of Goethe Avenue in Collinsville.
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Crews were dispatched and restored power to nearly 1,500 customers by 7:40 a.m. They continued patrolling the area and restoring service, reducing the number of customers without power to 150 as of 10:45 a.m. Wednesday.
Crews will remain in the area to complete restoration efforts, Bretsch said.
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