CenterPoint Energy delivers on its commitment to restore essentially all customers by end of day Thursday: More than 60,000 customers now have power again following Sunday’s[...]

CenterPoint Energy delivers on its commitment to restore essentially all customers by end of day Thursday: More than 60,000 customers now have power again following Sunday's winter storm, roughly 700 customers remain out on Thursday evening

More than 1,000 personnel worked outages on system today, focused on completing remaining repairs. Restoration teams will continue to work Friday to restore any remaining customers safely and as quickly as possible.

Thursday-January-9-2025

​Evansville, Ind. - Jan. 9, 2025 - As of 10 p.m., CenterPoint Energy has restored nearly 99% of customers impacted by Winter Storm Blair that moved into southeastern Indiana this past Sunday. Teams have worked tirelessly over the past several days to address outages from a peak of 61,000 to this final stage, addressing widespread damage caused by downed trees, limbs and thick ice. Roughly 700 customers remain without power.

"We recognize the hardship these outages have caused our friends and neighbors in the southwestern Indiana community, and we appreciate the patience and resilience of our customers," said Shane Bradford, Vice President of Indiana Electric. "We've made incredible progress the last few days, but we know our work is not yet done, and our crews remain focused on working safely and quickly for the remaining customers still waiting to be restored."

While CenterPoint has substantially completed restoration across southwestern Indiana, a small number of isolated and complex outages are anticipated to extend into Friday. More than 1,000 personnel, including CenterPoint crews, contractors and mutual assistance crews, will remain mobilized into tomorrow until power is fully restored to all customers who can safely receive service.

For those customers who remain without power, estimated restoration information for individual customer addresses is available via CenterPoint's outage map, which can be found at CenterPointEnergy.com/Outage.

CenterPoint will continue to provide daily updates until all customers who were impacted by Winter Storm Blair have been fully restored.

Tracking next round of winter weather
The current weather forecast indicates that extremely cold conditions will persist throughout the rest of the week, with little to no thawing expected. While not anticipated to create serious impacts, the company is monitoring forecasted snow accumulation for the end of the week.

Some customers may still experience delays in power restoration, particularly if there has been damage to a weatherhead - the point of entry from the service drop to the home. If the weatherhead is damaged, the customer will need to have a licensed electrician make necessary repairs before power can be restored. After repairs are completed, customers can call 800-227-1376 to request reconnection of service.

Continued updates
Customers are encouraged to follow the company on social media platforms such as Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) for the latest information.​