When will the power be back in Cedar Lake, IN?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Cedar Lake is a town of about 16,404 residents in Lake County.
NIPSCO has reported outages for Cedar Lake by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Cedar Lake is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Cedar Lake:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Cedar Lake: the closest other places we track are St. John, about 5 miles to the north; Lowell, about 5 miles to the south; Crown Point, about 6 miles to the northeast; and Schererville, about 8 miles to the north. Also nearby: Merrillville (9 mi NE); Dyer (10 mi N); Griffith (11 mi N); Highland (12 mi N); Munster (13 mi N); Hobart (13 mi NE); Chicago Heights, IL (14 mi NW); and Lansing, IL (15 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Gary (16 mi); northeast toward Lake Station (17 mi); east toward Valparaiso (21 mi); southwest toward Bradley, IL (25 mi); west toward Frankfort, IL (22 mi); and northwest toward Park Forest, IL (15 mi).
Who serves Cedar Lake?
We track live outage data from NIPSCO and Kankakee Valley REMC in Lake County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Cedar Lake's last tracked outage began Sep 29, peaked at 48 customers out, and was restored in 50 minutes. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 55 minutes.
- Sep 29 — 48 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Sep 26 — 2,471 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 20 — 33 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Sep 10 — 53 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
County context: across all of Lake County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 5.3 hr. The full record for Lake County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Cedar Lake, IN?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Cedar Lake's own record: across the 4 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 55 minutes — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Cedar Lake, IN?
To check your own street, search a Cedar Lake ZIP code — 46303 — and the map opens on that area.
