Intren Background

Storm Response

We are on call LIVE 24/7 for emergency response. Simply call 815-923-2300 and the operator will assist you. If you are calling before 7:00 AM CST or after 5:00 PM CST, enter extension #4 to be transferred to the 24-hour call center.

 

Overview

 

When disaster strikes a power grid, INTREN strikes back. Season after season, INTREN is the go-to problem-solver chosen by utility companies, municipalities, and cooperatives. We are well known for instantaneous deployment, rapid performance, and highest-quality repairs. INTREN works long and hard, far and wide to provide large-scale storm recovery services. When any major storm creates power outages, we know there’s no time to spare. Our top-notch INTREN storm team is constantly ready to get crews on the road to any region affected by natural disasters, including hurricanes, tornados, flooding, ice storms, earthquakes, and fires.

 

Storm Recovery Specialist

 

A premier provider of underground and overhead electric services, INTREN has developed an industry-leading Emergency Deployment Program. The streamlined program consists of a highly trained support team, pre-stocked line trucks, and a storm trailer with extra tooling and supplies. We have installed state-of-the-art GPS units on all our vehicles to dispatch crews via the best route, and to record speed, exact location, and time at each stop. In this way, we achieve extraordinary efficiencies that benefit our customers.

 

Our Larger Storm Responses

 

  • Hurricane Katrina, 2005
  • Hurricane Rita, 2005
  • Ice Storms, Illinois and Iowa, 2007
  • Hurricane Gustav, 2008
  • Hurricane Ike, 2008
  • Ice Storm, Illinois, 2008
  • Ice Storm, Illinois and Missouri, 2008
  • Wind Storm, Illinois and Missouri, Spring 2009
  • Ice Storm, Iowa, 2010
  • Snow Storm, East Coast, 2010
  • Snow Storm, Sierra Nevada, CA 2010-2011
  • Wind Storm, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin, 2011
  • Ice Storm, Georgia Power, 2011
  • Tornado Outbreak, Alabama Power, Spring 2011
  • Hurricane Irene, East Coast, 2011

 

 INTREN is a certified WBE and is a signatory to numerous labor unions.