PLAINFIELD – Duke Energy has restored power to more than 61,000 customers
who were affected by the severe and damaging storms that moved through Indiana
Friday as well as persistent high winds Saturday.
Approximately 70,000 were affected by outages, and approximately 9,200 remain out of service as of 8:30 a.m. Sunday. “The outage numbers don’t tell the story, however, of the damage we are seeing,” said Brian Liggett, Duke Energy vice president of zone operations. “We have identified more than 200 broken or damaged poles along with a considerable amount of spans of wire down. Our hearts go out to those affected by this storm, and our crews are working diligently to restore power in impacted communities as safely and quickly as possible.”
Duke Energy has brought in contractors to supplement its local workforce and speed
power restoration. The company also has moved crews from its less affected areas to
help in those that are hard-hit.
The company expects to continue to restore more service throughout the day and evening.
Duke Energy anticipates having nearly all customers restored by midnight Sunday.
Extended outages may be possible, however,in the hardest hit areas where the damage is
especially severe.
— Power is expected to be restored to Duke Energy customers in the following communities by noon today: Lafayette and Wabash.
— Power is expected to be restored to Duke Energy customers in the following
communities by midnight tonight: Clinton, Kokomo, Terre Haute, Bedford,
Bloomington, Columbus, Madison, Seymour, Shelbyville and Vincennes.
— Power is expected to be restored to Duke Energy customers in the following
communities by 6 p.m. Monday: Franklin, Martinsville and Sullivan.
Estimated power restoration times indicate the latest time that the company expects to
restore power in a given area. However, power for many customers in that area will be
restored sooner.
Customers can receive text, phone or email alerts. Learn how to sign up at outage
alerts. Customers can stay informed by texting REG to 57801.
