(Hillsboro)--Ameren Illinois announced that they will be investing nearly one and a half million dollars in electric upgrades in Montgomery and Christian counties. According to the plan released by Ameren, the company will relocate one and a half miles of power lines from Hillsboro to Litchfield; build two and a half miles of power lines; and respanning portions of the power lines from the North Road to Route 48.

Ameren Illinois will be investing three and a half million dollars over the next five years to build a next generation energy delivery system.