ComEd Sending More Than 60 Employees to Assist NIPSCO with Restoration Work

Crews to assist restoring more than 30,000 northwest Indiana customers still out of power

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following the restoration of more than 410,000 customers after multiple rounds of severe weather in northern Illinois, ComEd is deploying more than 60 of its own employees to northwest Indiana to help NIPSCO complete restoration for its customers. More than 374,000 NIPSCO customers were initially impacted by the severe weather that moved through the area, and more than 30,000 remain without power. ComEd employees departed for Indiana on Aug. 22 and will remain in the area as long as they are needed.

Severe weather, including three tornadoes, thunderstorms and straight-line winds of more than 100 MPH moved through the NIPSCO territory on Aug. 11. It was the most impactful storm event in NIPSCO history. Working around the clock since the storms hit, NIPSCO crews have restored power to more than 340,000 customers – more than 90 percent of those affected – while rebuilding large sections of the electric system that were destroyed by the storms. The ComEd employees will join that effort as NIPSCO works to restore the remaining customers, many of whom were impacted by the most extensive damage.

“We are glad to be helping our neighbors in northwest Indiana with the final push in their restoration efforts to restore the more than 30,000 customers still without power,” said David Perez, ComEd’s executive vice president and COO. “NIPSCO crews have made tremendous progress under extremely difficult conditions, and we have coordinated closely with them to understand where our people can make the biggest difference. Our thoughts are with the customers and families affected by these storms, and we are committed to supporting restoration efforts so power can be safely restored as quickly as possible.”

ComEd employees and contractors have responded to utilities around the country to assist in restoring power after significant weather events, part of a long-standing mutual assistance network that allows utilities to share resources when storms cause widespread damage.

“We are grateful for the assistance we received last week to restore our own customers,” said Perez. “As we continue to see more frequent instances of extreme weather, we stand ready to pay that forward and send our own crews to help other utilities in need.”

ComEd is a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ: EXC), a Fortune 200 company and one of the nation’s largest utility companies, serving nearly 11 million electricity and natural gas customers. ComEd powers the lives of more than 4 million customers across northern Illinois, or 70 percent of the state’s population. For more information, visit ComEd.com, and connect with the company on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube.