ComEd Sends 60 Workers to NIPSCO Outages as Bears Donate $200,000 in Northwest Indiana
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Updated · WLS-TV · Aug 22
ComEd Sends 60 Workers to NIPSCO Outages as Bears Donate $200,000 in Northwest Indiana
1 articles · Updated · WLS-TV · Aug 22
Summary
More than 60 ComEd employees arrived Saturday to help NIPSCO restore power in northwest Indiana, where over 30,000 customers were still without electricity nearly two weeks after Aug. 11 storms.
The Chicago Bears separately pledged $200,000 for storm relief, splitting $100,000 each between Catholic Charities in Chicago and Gary as churches and aid groups kept distributing meals and supplies.
Gary and Portage remain among the hardest-hit areas, with residents reporting ruined homes, dead livestock and mounting hotel costs while some line workers clear debris and downed lines.
Indiana Governor Mike Braun is seeking a federal major disaster declaration after estimated property damage topped $5 billion, while a class-action lawsuit accuses NIPSCO of poor vegetation management.
NIPSCO denied the lawsuit's claims, said vegetation-management spending has more than doubled since 2016, and suspended customer disconnections through next week as restoration continues.