When will the power be back in Portage, IN?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Portage is a city of about 38,576 residents in Porter County.
NIPSCO has reported outages for Portage by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Portage 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 Portage:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Portage: the closest other places we track are Lake Station, about 4 miles to the west; Chesterton, about 6 miles to the east; Hobart, about 7 miles to the southwest; and Gary, about 9 miles to the west. Also nearby: Valparaiso (10 mi SE), Merrillville (11 mi SW), Griffith (13 mi W), Highland (15 mi W), East Chicago (15 mi W), Crown Point (15 mi SW), Schererville (15 mi SW) and Hammond (16 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Michigan City (18 mi); east toward La Porte (24 mi); southwest toward St. John (18 mi); west toward Munster (17 mi); and northwest toward Chicago, IL (31 mi).
Who serves Portage?
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.
Portage's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 46 customers out, and was restored in 4 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.
- Oct 1 — 46 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 23 — 87 customers out, restored in 9 hours
- Sep 23 — 57 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
- Sep 22 — 104 customers out, restored in 2 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 Portage, 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 Portage's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Portage, IN?
To check your own street, search a Portage ZIP code — 46368 — and the map opens on that area.
