When will the power be back in Chesterton, IN?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Chesterton is a town of about 14,655 residents in Porter County.
Kankakee Valley REMC and NIPSCO have reported outages for Chesterton by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Chesterton 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 Chesterton:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Chesterton: the closest other places we track are Portage, about 6 miles to the west; Valparaiso, about 8 miles to the south; Lake Station, about 11 miles to the west; and Michigan City, about 12 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Hobart (13 mi SW), Gary (15 mi W), Merrillville (16 mi SW), La Porte (18 mi E), Griffith (20 mi W), Crown Point (20 mi SW), East Chicago (21 mi W) and Highland (21 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: east toward South Bend (41 mi); southeast toward Plymouth (42 mi); southwest toward St. John (24 mi); west toward Schererville (22 mi); and northwest toward Chicago, IL (36 mi).
Who serves Chesterton?
We track live outage data from NIPSCO, Kankakee Valley REMC and Jasper County REMC in Porter County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Chesterton's last tracked outage began Sep 30, peaked at 1,381 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours.
- Sep 30 — 1,381 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 20 — 1,200 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Sep 19 — 32 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 17 — 157 customers out, restored in 7 hours
County context: across all of Porter County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 4 hr. The full record for Porter County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Chesterton, 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 Chesterton's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Chesterton, IN?
To check your own street, search a Chesterton ZIP code — 46304 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Chesterton specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Chesterton we have the city-level view: Kankakee Valley REMC and NIPSCO have published outages for Chesterton under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Chesterton is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Porter County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Chesterton.
