INDIANAPOLIS — Those still without power in Indianapolis may have to wait a little longer.
According to a press release sent by AES Indiana on Sunday evening, power is projected to be fully restored in Indianapolis by Tuesday. The company reported that, as of 5:30 p.m. Sunday, it had restored power to 91% of its customers.
AES Indiana indicated that approximately 97,000 of its customers were impacted when the remnants of Hurricane Helene moved through central Indiana on Friday. According to the company’s outage map , more than 10,610 of its customers were still without power as of 7 p.m. Sunday.
Per AES Indiana, the workload its crews faced exceeded 2,000 jobs at one point this weekend. The company reported that 753 jobs still needed to be tackled as of 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
AES Indiana has received assistance from Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO). Additional crews from Massachusetts have also been dispatched to Indianapolis to help AES Indiana restore power.
AES Indiana’s peers in central Indiana — Indiana-Michigan Power and Duke Energy — have also made significant progress restoring power.