(La Porte, IN) - Service is being restored to many people in La Porte, who woke up to no power this morning.

According to NIPSCO, the power outage which began after 5:00 a.m., was still impacting close to 1,800 customers before 7:00 a.m.  Service started being restored before 8:00 a.m.  As of 8:15 a.m., NIPSCO reported about 800 customers remaining without power. 

It appears the outage included much of Pine Lake Avenue from Indiana 39 to Truesdell Avenue and west of Indiana Avenue. to about J Street.

NIPSCO spokesman Megan Henning said the outage involved some type of equipment failure at a substation.  Henning said crews were out attempting to restore power, which could happen before 8:00 a.m.

“We’re focusing on getting power back up as quickly as possible,” she said.

The cause of the equipment failure was not yet known.