Indiana Michigan Power employees, contractors and colleagues from other power companies worked diligently and determinedly throughout the day Tuesday to safely restore power to more than two-thirds of the more than 51,000 customers across I&M’s service territory who lost service in Monday evening’s derecho.

Crews encountered significant damage to I&M equipment, caused mostly by trees, branches and limbs. Damage was particularly heavy in the Benton Harbor area, where winds of 66 mph were higher than other areas served by I&M.

In all, crews have thus far identified 84 broken poles, 20 of them in the Benton Harbor area.

I&M will continue efforts to turn the lights back on for all of our customers with more than 900 energy restoration professionals working to restore power.

OUTAGE COUNTS

Indiana total customers: 2,900

Fort Wayne area: 1,275

South Bend area: 1,600

Muncie area: Less than 50

Michigan total customers: 13,250

Benton Harbor area: 12,700

Buchanan area: 275

Three Rivers area: 250

ESTIMATED TIMES of RESTORATION (ETRs)

I&M has set estimated times of restoration for its service territory. These are the estimated times when the last customers are expected to be restored. Power to most customers will be restored before those times. Customers who sign up for mobile alerts or check our online outage map may find earlier times have been entered by crews assigned to specific outages. See the “Stay Informed” section below.

INDIANA

Fort Wayne and Avilla area: 11 p.m. Thursday

Decatur area: 11 p.m. today

South Bend/Elkhart area: 11 p.m. Wednesday

Muncie/Marion area: 6 p.m. Wednesday

MICHIGAN
Benton Harbor area: 11 p.m. Friday

Buchanan area: 11 p.m. Wednesday

Three Rivers area: 11 p.m. Wednesday

STAY INFORMED

I&M encourages customers to use the Indiana Michigan Power app to monitor the status of any outage affecting your home or business. IndianaMichiganPower.com/App

You can sign up for text and email alerts on the app or at IndianaMichiganPower.com/Alerts

See the location and status of outages using our outage map at IndianaMichiganPower.com/OutageMap

For the latest updates please follow Indiana Michigan Power on Facebook and find us on Twitter @IN_MI_Power

SAFETY INFORMATION

I&M reminds our customers and the general public of the possible dangers in the wake of the storm:

• Downed power lines. Stay away from any downed wires and report them to I&M.  You can call us at 800-311-4634, report on our app or website, or call 911. Downed wires may be hidden by limbs and debris or touching a fence, so look carefully before cleaning up after the storm.
• Trees could fall or drop limbs at any moment, please look up. Even after the storm subsided, damaged trees, branches and limbs could still fall.
• Standing water could hide debris or even downed wires.
• Roads will likely be wet, slick and covered with debris.
• Traffic lights may not be functioning. Please use caution and be mindful of first responders and utility workers on the roadways.