See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Indiana
32
customers reported out in Lake County, IN
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Official restoration time (NIPSCO): Oct 3, 11:15 PM CDT
County-wide restoration outlook: no clear recovery trend yet — past outages here of any size in the same kind of weather ran ~3 hr start to finish (11 on record)
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
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Updated 10:31 PM CDT.
233county-wide trend of customers without power · last 2.7 days · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
Merrillville — 23 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 3, 8:00 PM CDT — this time has passed
Gary — 6 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 3, 6:00 PM CDT — this time has passed
Hobart — 2 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 3, 8:30 PM CDT — this time has passed
New Chicago — 1 customer reported out · utility est. Oct 3, 11:15 PM CDT
⚡ No power in Lake, IN? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include NIPSCO and Kankakee Valley REMC, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — Lake County, IN
Last significant outage: Sep 28, 2026 — peaked at 319 customers, restored in ~12.5 hr (weather alert).
Across the 24 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 15.4 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 21, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Lake County, IN
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
1,264 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 18 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~5.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is longer than the Indiana norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.8 hr.
Largest on record: ~52,758 customers out in May 2025, restored after about 2.2 days. The busiest year on record here was 2024.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level
records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Communities in Lake County include Hammond, Gary, Merrillville, Crown Point, Schererville, Hobart, East Chicago and St. John. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in Lake County, IN?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Lake include NIPSCO and Kankakee Valley REMC — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
