Stormy Early, 3600+ Lose Power

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Stormy Early, 3600+ Lose Power

Written by Laura Waluszko

Tuesday, July 31,2012 | 6:03 am

At about 6:30 this morning, Northern Indiana Public Service Company was reporting more than 36-hundred outages... mostly in Gary, Lake Station and Merrillville. The number of customers losing electricity jumped to more than eight-hundred in Valparaiso and about two-hundred in Portage within the 5-o'clock hour. There were more than 700 outages in Hammond and just over 300 in Knox.

To report an outage call 1-800-4-NIPSCO

Two Kankakee Valley REMC substations in Porter County experienced a transmission feed failure, causing members in the Kouts and Lakes of Four Seasons to lose power. Crews were dispatched to the substations and power was restored by 7 am.

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(photo by Laura Waluszko)

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