NIPSCO restoration update (10 a.m. Aug. 20)
Below you will find an update from NIPSCO regarding the remaining outages in the town of Merrillville. NIPSCO will provide daily updates to our community, and they will be shared when we receive them
Merrillville NIPSCO Update -- Estimated Restoration Time for Merrillville is Friday, Aug. 21, by 11:59 p.m.
• 27,691 customers were impacted by the Aug. 11 storm
• 22,561 customers have been restored
• 5,130 customers remain without power
• Safety remains the top priority for both customers and restoration crews.
• NIPSCO will communicate community-specific Estimated Times of Restoration (ETRs) only when confidence in meeting those timelines is high.
• The published ETR will represent the time by which approximately 95% of affected customers are expected to be restored, with customers being restored continuously from now until all are restored.
• Currently, NIPSCO has lineworkers, substation technicians and tree crews actively performing work to restore 3,511 customers. Work will continue to be assigned as restoration work is completed and manpower is shifted to the community.
• As NIPSCO completes restoration work in each community, NIPSCO will continue to strategically place resources in other communities to expedite safe power restoration.
Contact Us
Town of Merrillville
7820 Broadway
Merrillville, IN 46410
Tel: 219-769-5711