INDIANAPOLIS — Those still without power in Indianapolis may have to wait a little longer.
According to a press release sent by AES Indiana on Sunday evening, power is projected to be fully restored in Indianapolis by Tuesday. The company reported that, as of 5:30 p.m. Sunday, it had restored power to 91% of its customers.
AES Indiana indicated that approximately 97,000 of its customers were impacted when the remnants of Hurricane Helene moved through central Indiana on Friday. According to the company’s outage map, more than 10,610 of its customers were still without power as of 7 p.m. Sunday.
Per AES Indiana, the workload its crews faced exceeded 2,000 jobs at one point this weekend. The company reported that 753 jobs still needed to be tackled as of 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
AES Indiana has received assistance from Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO). Additional crews from Massachusetts have also been dispatched to Indianapolis to help AES Indiana restore power.
AES Indiana’s peers in central Indiana — Indiana-Michigan Power and Duke Energy — have also made significant progress restoring power.
In a release sent Saturday, Duke Energy reported that more than 70,000 of its customers were affected by Friday’s weather system. As of 6:43 p.m. Sunday, the company’s outage map indicated 357 of its customers were without power.
On Friday, Indiana-Michigan Power also reported that thousands of its customers did not have power. The company’s outage map indicated 45 of its customers were without power as of 6:45 p.m. Sunday.
“We know for those customers still impacted that it’s frustrating and inconvenient,” an AES Indiana spokesperson said via press release. “We ask for our customers’ continued patience. Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic and historic damage across multiple states. Restoring power safely is our top priority.”
AES Indiana has reported that it is fully staffed and has 94 crews working to restore power to its customers. The company has indicated that it did not sent any of its crews to other states because it anticipated Hurricane Helene’s impacts on central Indiana would be serious.
Per a company spokesperson, no AES crews will be sent to other states impacted by Hurricane Helene until power has been fully restored in Indianapolis.
As of this article’s publication, no additional information on AES Indiana’s restoration efforts had been made available.
