A utility pole is snapped following the EF-0 tornado that ripped through Bargersville and rural Union Township late Friday.
Submitted photo by Mike PruittDuke Energy Indiana officials expect most Johnson County customers to have power by tonight.
In the Johnson County district, about 7,600 were affected by power outages caused by two tornadoes and significant winds, but the utility as of about 3 p.m. Monday had restored power to all but about 500 customers, said Duke Energy spokesperson Angeline Protegere.
“We expect to have the majority of those customers back in service by around 6 p.m.,” she said in an email. “Statewide we brought in more than 450 additional resources, including contractors and employees from our Ohio and Kentucky operations to supplement our workforce and speed up power restoration.”
It will take longer than anticipated to restore power to some customers in rural Bargersville. That’s because, in one area of State Road 135 south of State Road 144, 25 poles were broken by the EF-0 tornado that struck rural Union Township, Protegere said.
About 23 customers will remain without service until repairs to that area are complete, and the utility will be working throughout the evening to complete those repairs, she said.
