Companies work to restore power for Central Indiana customers after Wednesday's storm
Apr 04, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS -- Customers throughout Central Indiana continue to be impacted by power outages in the wake of Wednesday's severe weather that led to three tornadoes.
As of around 9:30 a.m. on Friday, more than 18,600 customers in Indiana are reported to be without power, including more than 6,000
people in Marion County and more than 5,800 people in Madison County, according to PowerOutage.us.
AES Indiana restoration
AES Indiana crews are continuing to work to restore power to customers impacted by Wednesday evening's severe weather.
According to an update from AES Indiana on Friday morning, around 6,000 customers remain impacted. Officials said a total of 75,000 customers were affected during and after Wednesday's storm.
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"AES Indiana is fully staffed, and crews will continue to work as quickly and safely as possible," the company said in the update. We've restored power to more than 90% of customers impacted (by) Wednesday's severe weather system. We anticipate reaching full restoration by midday Sunday as our crews continue to see widespread extensive damage with downed trees and power lines."
The update read that there are 600 incidents remaining and crews are responding across the AES Indiana service territory. Official said the remaining incidents are smaller, meaning that fewer customers are being brought on at a time.
For updates on AES Indiana's power restoration efforts, click here.
Duke Energy restoration
Officials with Duke Energy also provided a power restoration update on Friday, stating the the power has been restored for 98% of customers after Wednesday's storm.
The update read that storm-related power outages have decreased from nearly 97,000 to around 1,000, concentrated around Clark and Floyd counties.
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"We’ve made a lot of progress, but we have to finish strong and do it safely. Restoring the last customer to service is as important as the first,” said Clint Carnahan, the general manager of emergency preparedness at Duke Energy. “We appreciate our customers’ continued patience while we complete the work.”
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