Flooded substation causes power outages in Harbor County

Aug 11, 2021

Substations

Posted by Patrick Haddad

Storms have flooded a substation in Bridgman, Michigan, causing ongoing power outages in the area.

The substation, run by Indiana Michigan Power, flooded one substation and impacted three other stations in the Harbor Country area as well.

“This is an unprecedented flood at our Bridgman sub-station and with that it created several challenges,” said Schnee Garrett, Communications Consultant at Indiana Michigan Power.

“Our crews are installing a new power line connection to essentially bypass that flooded substation and restore power to the other three impacted substations.”

OUTAGE UPDATE: Crews have restored power to more than 4,000 of those affected by the heavy rains and unprecedented flooding at the Bridgman substation. Work continues in the extreme heat, and we expect to have most customers restored by 10pm. Full update: https://t.co/g6A6UCzQri pic.twitter.com/M0p3nMs78l
— I&M (@IN_MI_Power) August 10, 2021