MRVAN REQUESTS FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO NWI POWER OUTAGES

Washington, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Frank J. Mrvan issued the following press release:

Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requesting an investigation into the power outages following the derecho that struck Northwest Indiana on August 11, 2026. The text of the letter is below and a pdf is available here. "I write to request that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), in coordination with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), conduct a comprehensive federal review of the widespread and prolonged power outages that followed the severe weather event, a derecho, that struck Northwest Indiana on August 11, 2026. "The derecho brought extraordinary...