Over 370,000 NIPSCO customers lost power when a derecho hit Northwest Indiana on August 11, 2026. Some Gary families waited 18 days for the lights to come back. A new report, The Complete AI Playbook for NIPSCO, shows it didn't have to take that long. It catalogs 25 AI applications already proven at 11 utilities — National Grid cut tree-related outages 30%, PG&E cut ignitions nearly 50%, one utility improved reliability while cutting its budget. Applied to NIPSCO's own system

A City Already Carrying Weight Bullseye 2.0 · X Marks the Spot — Special Edition On August 11, 2026, a derecho left more than 370,000 NIPSCO customers in the dark — the largest outage in company history. Some Gary residents waited 13+ days for power. But this storm didn't hit a blank slate: it hit a city already carrying a century of disinvestment, a 33% poverty rate, and the state's worst grid reliability record. This 14-part report goes beyond the headlines — survivor accou