Grammy award-winning rapper Freddie Gibbs shouts out Keith Lee, Trae tha Truth, Pastor Eric Boone and Gary, Indiana, mayor Eddie Melton for supporting the city as thousands of residents went without power for two weeks. According to The Northern Indiana Public Service Company, electricity is now back on for 99% of residents in the state.
Indiana's governor is demanding answers from the state's monopoly utility after thousands of residents in Gary and surrounding communities spent nearly two weeks in the dark, and state officials now want to know what happened to billions in customer dollars. Gov. Mike Braun on Monday directed the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor to file […] The post Gov. Braun orders investigation into NIPSCO as Gary residents suffer nearly two weeks without power appeared first on American Almanac .
Indiana's governor is demanding answers from the state's monopoly utility after thousands of residents in Gary and surrounding communities spent nearly two weeks in the dark, and state officials now want to know what happened to billions in customer dollars. Gov. Mike Braun on Monday directed the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor to file a formal complaint and petition the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to open an investigation into NIPSCO, the utility responsible for electricity across northwest Indiana. The move came as residents in Gary, Hammond, and Munster entered a second week without power following severe storms that battered the region, NBC News reported . Braun did not mince words. In a news release, the…Open
A derecho sent 99-mph winds through Gary on Aug. 11, cutting power to more than 300,000 residents in the area.
“This isn’t a problem that started with the storm. We are a predominately Black city that tends to get ignored,” says Grammy award-winning rapper Freddie Gibbs as his hometown of Gary, Indiana remains without power after two weeks.
“This isn’t a problem that started with the storm. We are a predominately Black city that tends to get ignored,” says Grammy award-winning rapper Freddie Gibbs as his hometown of Gary, Indiana remains without power after two weeks.
Nearly 4,000 customers in the Gary area remained without electricity almost two weeks after an intense storm. The utility has pledged to restore power by Tuesday.
Gary Mayor Eddie Melton said in a video posted to the city's Facebook page on Sunday that 9,000 people in the city are still without power since the Aug. 11 storm.
Frustration continues to grow in Gary, Indiana, as more than 10,000 northwest Indiana customers still do not have power more than two weeks after powerful storms hit the region. The outages have affected hundreds of thousands of people, primarily in the cities of Gary, Portage and Munster. Gary Mayor Eddie Melton joins "Morning in America" to discuss his outspoken criticism of utility company NIPSCO, which many in the community are blaming for failing to prevent trees from falling on power lines. Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national morning newscast hosted by Markie Martin. Weekdays starting at 6a/5C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
Tens of thousands of Indiana residents are still without power, including some for nearly two weeks.