August 30, 2024--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--A round of thunderstorms in the Great Lakes region left utility companies scrambling to get service restored amid a year of heightened weather volatility, from hurricanes to derechos.

Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), a unit of Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) (Chicago, Illinois) and the utility responsible for keeping the lights on for 70% of the population in Illinois, said it was working to restore service after thunderstorms on Tuesday were accompanied by 70-mile-per-hour (mph) winds.