CenterPoint Energy Restores Power To All Customers Affected By This Week’s Severe Weather

Center Point Restored Energy 97% Of Customer Outages Within 48 Hours

 Evansville – Aug. 5, 2022 – CenterPoint Energy has issued the following update in Southwestern Indiana:

Following the severe weather on Monday evening and Tuesday morning, nearly 48,000 customers were left without electric service across the Evansville area. Approximately 48 hours after the storms, CenterPoint Energy restored power to 97% of affected customers, leaving only approximately 1,000 without service.

As of 10:00 p.m. on Thursday, all customers affected by the storms earlier this week have had their electric service restored.

“We are proud of the hard work and efforts of our crews to safely and quickly restore power to the majority of customers within 48 hours of the storms,” said Richard Leger, Senior Vice President, Indiana Electric. “The extensive damages caused by multiple lines of storms with lightning and winds that exceeded more than 50 miles per hour, and gusts of nearly 70 miles per hour over a 13-hour period presented many challenges for our crews.”

Over the last four days, 60 crews performing tree trimming and service restoration worked around-the-clock on approximately 320 individual outages affecting nearly 48,000 customers. On Monday evening, customer outages peaked at 30,000. Over the course of the entire four-day severe weather event, outages affected a total of 48,000 customers. In the last 24 hours, repairs to the hardest-hit areas required more than 40 pole replacements to reconnect electric service.

Leger added, “We understand the severity of the damage and unexpected extended outages were disruptive for many of our customers this week. We appreciate their patience and understanding. Additionally, we are thankful no injuries were reported as a result of one of the most significant storms to hit our region in six years.”

CenterPoint Energy reminds customers these storms may have caused damage to customer-owned equipment, such as their meter box or weatherhead – the point where the line enters the home through a pipe. In those cases, customers will need to contact a qualified electrician to make sure the damage is repaired before the company can restore service to them. After repairs are made, customers can call 1(800) 227-1376 to request reconnection of service.