Storms and Tree Related Outages

Ice and wind storms often cause severe damage to trees. Major tree limbs break and entire trees can uproot and fall over. During storms, NIPSCO’s top priorities are safety and restoring power to affected customers. When crews work on damaged trees during storms, they only perform the work that is necessary to make repairs to our facilities and restore power to customers. Our crews do not clean-up or remove branches and debris that occur due to storm conditions.

Tree work during storm situations is very dangerous and crews work long hours in order to restore service as quickly and safely as possible. Please stay clear of crews and the area where they are working. Your cooperation and understanding is greatly appreciated when these situations occur.

Any time you see electric lines sagging into trees, laying on the ground, or anywhere else they could be touched, please DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES. Report this immediately to NIPSCO at 1-800-4-NIPSCO (1-800-464-7726).