NIPSCO Targets Tuesday Restoration for 20,000 After August 11 Storms Broke 1,230 Poles
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Updated · WSBT-TV · Aug 23
NIPSCO Targets Tuesday Restoration for 20,000 After August 11 Storms Broke 1,230 Poles
3 articles · Updated · WSBT-TV · Aug 23
Summary
More than 20,000 NIPSCO customers in northwest Indiana were still without power early Sunday afternoon, with the utility now aiming to restore all service by the end of Tuesday.
1,230 broken poles from the August 11 storms forced crews to rebuild large sections of the grid, in what NIPSCO called the largest outage in company history.
370,000 customers lost power at the peak, and the utility said this storm caused nearly 10 times more pole damage than the last four major storms combined.
Sunday night restoration is targeted for Lake Station and Hobart, Monday for Munster, and Tuesday for Gary and Portage.