Braun demands investigation into NIPSCO after prolonged northwest Indiana outages

Gov. Mike Braun on Monday directed Indiana’s utility consumer advocate to seek a regulatory investigation into Northern Indiana Public Service Co. after widespread outages left thousands of northwest Indiana homes and businesses without power for nearly two weeks.

The requested investigation would examine NIPSCO’s vegetation management and right-of-way maintenance, along with whether money approved by state regulators for infrastructure and reliability improvements was spent as promised.

Braun directed the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor …