When will the power be back in East Chicago, IN?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
East Chicago is a city of about 25,768 residents in Lake County.
NIPSCO has reported outages for East Chicago by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-07-27) — so when East Chicago 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 East Chicago:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around East Chicago: the closest other places we track are Hammond, about 3 miles to the southwest; Calumet City, IL, about 6 miles to the southwest; Gary, about 7 miles to the southeast; and Highland, about 7 miles to the south. Also nearby: Munster (7 mi S); Lansing, IL (7 mi SW); Dolton, IL (8 mi W); South Holland, IL (8 mi SW); Griffith (8 mi S); Riverdale, IL (9 mi W); Harvey, IL (11 mi W); and Dyer (11 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: east toward Portage (15 mi); southeast toward Lake Station (11 mi); south toward Schererville (11 mi); southwest toward Homewood, IL (12 mi); west toward Blue Island, IL (12 mi); and northwest toward Chicago, IL (18 mi).
Who serves East Chicago?
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.
East Chicago's last tracked outage began Sep 21, peaked at 100 customers out, and was restored in 7 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 21 — 100 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Sep 21 — 168 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 20 — 25 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 12 — 130 customers out, restored in 2 hours
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
How do I check the power outage status in East Chicago, IN?
To check your own street, search an East Chicago ZIP code — 46312 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show East Chicago specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for East Chicago we have the city-level view: NIPSCO has published outages for East Chicago under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-07-27. When East Chicago is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Lake County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes East Chicago.
