Indiana Governor Urges NIPSCO Investigation Amid Prolonged Power Outages After Recent Stur
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GARY, Ind. — Things became all-too familiar for Kimya Williams after storms rumbled through Gary, Indiana, earlier this month leaving big chunks of the mostly Black city in the dark for two weeks.
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Associated PressGARY, Ind. (AP) — Things became all-too familiar for Kimya Williams after storms rumbled through Gary, Indiana, earlier this month leaving big chunks of the mostly-Black city in the dark for two weeks.
USA TodayThirty miles east of Chicago, a city remains in the dark. As of Monday, Aug. 24, more than 7,000 residents of Gary, Indiana, are without electricity. The outage followed severe storms, which began on Aug. 11 and caused deadly floods in the state that have killed at least seven people.
The Guardian USThe mayor of Gary, Indiana, has said it is “unacceptable” that thousands of residents in the city are still without power nearly two weeks after an 11 August storm known as a derecho brought 90 mph, straight-line winds, downing trees on to power lines.
NBC NewsGARY, Ind. — The power outages caused by storms that roared through the region nearly two weeks ago have one resident of this rust-belt city literally gasping for air.
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Indiana Governor Calls for NIPSCO to Be Investigated Over Power Outages After Gary Storms Nearly 4,000 customers in the Gary area remained without electricity almost two weeks after an intense storm. The utility has pledged to restore power by Tuesday.
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BBC NewsPower has been restored to more than 345,000 customers since the storm struck, but almost 30,000 were still without power as of Sunday morning, according to the area's electrical company Northern Indiana Public Service Company (Nipsco).
NBC NewsAs of Monday, more than 8,600 customers were still waiting to get their power restored, most of them in Gary, the Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) reported on its website.
Associated PressNorthern Indiana Public Service Co., the area’s electricity provider, said Monday that more than 370,000 customers lost power and that more than 364,000 have had their service restored. The remaining customers should have power back by Tuesday.
Washington TimesNorthern Indiana Public Service Co., the area’s electricity provider, said Monday that more than 370,000 customers lost power and that more than 364,000 have had their service restored. The remaining customers should have power back by Tuesday.
NPR NewsMore than 20,000 people are still without power in northwest Indiana after severe storms rolled through the area nearly two weeks ago.
The Guardian USThousands of residents of north-west Indiana have been without electric power since storms swept through the state, leading to food lines, closed businesses, dead phones, no schools, spoiled food, dirty clothes and dry gas pumps.
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“We’re at day 12 and 12 days is too long for families to be without power, 12 days is too long for parents to worry about their children and for businesses to lose revenue,” Melton said in an update to the community.
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Washington Times“We’re at day 12 and 12 days is too long for families to be without power, 12 days is too long for parents to worry about their children and for businesses to lose revenue,” Melton said in an update to the community.
NBC News“Twelve days is too long for families to be without power,” Melton said Sunday in an address posted on Gary, Indiana’s, Facebook page. “I have made it clear the current pace of restoration is unacceptable.”
The Guardian US“Twelve days is too long for parents to worry about their children, and for businesses to lose revenue, and for families to wonder when the relief is finally going to come. Today, I want the people of Gary to know this. I want you to know that I share their frustration.”
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A resident in neighboring Porter County filed a lawsuit in state court last week accusing NIPSCO of negligence and requesting a class action for residents of Indiana who have suffered as a result. The complaint said the utility company failed to maintain trees and other vegetation hazards growing near its power lines, a failure that “predictably” resulted in the recent outage and others after storms caused the vegetation to fall on the lines.
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Associated PressA resident in neighboring Porter County filed a lawsuit in state court last week accusing NIPSCO of negligence and requesting a class action for residents of Indiana who have suffered as a result. The complaint said the utility company failed to maintain trees and other vegetation hazards growing near its power lines, a failure that “predictably” resulted in the recent outage and others after storms caused the vegetation to fall on the lines.
BBC News"It's not OK for us to continually be in survival mode." Amid mounting frustration, local residents have launched a class-action lawsuit, accusing the utility company Nipsco of failing to manage the trees which brought down the power lines in the storm.
The Guardian USResidents have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Nipsco that accuses it of failing to trim trees that brought down the power lines.
USA TodayHold power company, and data centers, accountable Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (NIPSCO), a monopoly utility that Hoosiers pay to keep them powered through disasters, has apparently failed to protect its customers. A class-action lawsuit has been filed claiming inadequate vegetation management and a possible misuse of funds for infrastructure and reliability improvements that led to the widespread blackout.
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In the meantime, Braun has pushed Nipsco to bring in more crews to get those without power back online: "Put every available resource into the field. Get creative."
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NPR NewsGov. Braun on Saturday also demanded NIPSCO hurry to restore power. "Bring in more crews. Put every available resource into the field. Get creative. Get the job done. Hoosiers have waited long enough," Braun wrote on social media.
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01 NBC News No place in Indiana has suffered more as a result of those Aug. 11 storms more than this mostly-Black city on southern tip of Lake Michigan, best known as the hometown of Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5.
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02 USA Today Like many others, Indiana has entered the data center race and is particularly attractive due to the availability of cheap land. NIPSCO, a monopoly utility that serves Gary, is leading the effort.
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03 The Guardian US At the peak of the outages, 374,500 were without power. Most school students in Gary were able to return to classes on Monday, officials said.
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04 Associated Press On Monday, one of the poorest and blackest cities in America still had no power. The day before, Gary Mayor Eddie Melton called the pace of restoration “unacceptable.”
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05 Washington Times On Monday, one of the poorest and blackest cities in America still had no power. The day before, Gary Mayor Eddie Melton called the pace of restoration “unacceptable.”
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06 NPR News Indiana Gov. Mike Braun has activated the National Guard to assist with restoration efforts, while President Trump has approved an emergency declaration for the state. This allows the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist with recovery efforts from the storm.
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07 BBC News "It was like a sheer wall of wind," she recalls. A wave of sudden, severe storms brought flooding and tornadoes to the US Midwest on 11 August, including to Chicago and Indiana, where seven people were killed.
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