When will the power be back in Merrillville, IN?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Merrillville is a town of about 36,989 residents in Lake County.
NIPSCO has reported outages for Merrillville by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Merrillville 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 Merrillville:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Merrillville: the closest other places we track are Hobart, about 4 miles to the northeast; Crown Point, about 4 miles to the south; Schererville, about 6 miles to the west; and Griffith, about 7 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Lake Station (8 mi NE), St. John (8 mi W), Gary (8 mi N), Highland (9 mi NW), Cedar Lake (9 mi SW), Dyer (10 mi W), Portage (11 mi NE) and Munster (11 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Chesterton (16 mi); east toward Valparaiso (14 mi); south toward Lowell (14 mi); southwest toward Bradley, IL (35 mi); west toward Chicago Heights, IL (16 mi); and northwest toward Hammond (13 mi).
Who serves Merrillville?
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.
Merrillville's last tracked outage began Sep 30, peaked at 86 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours.
- Sep 30 — 86 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 26 — 37 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 23 — 93 customers out, restored in 18 hours
- Sep 19 — 1,206 customers out, restored in 22 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
When will my power be back on in Merrillville, 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 Merrillville's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Merrillville, IN?
To check your own street, search a Merrillville ZIP code — 46410 or 46411 — and the map opens on that area.
