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MC Economic
Development Corp.
John Regetz, Ex. Director
219-873-1211
www.mc-edc.com
johnr@mc-edc.com

LaPorte Economic Development Corp.
Tim Gropp, Ex. Director
219-324-8584
www.gledc.com
timg@gledc.com

Matthew T. Reardon,
LP County Economic
Development Consultant
219-513.2516
www.sehinc.com
mreardon@sehinc.com

 

Resources - Utilities

Gas and Electric | Telephone | Cellular Service | Cable & Satellite

Gas and Electric

Natural gas and electric service in the Michigan City area is provided by the Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), a subsidiary company of NiSource, an energy-based, investor-owned holding company.

  1. NIPSCO is a tax-paying private utility serving a 12,000 square mile area in the northern one-third of Indiana, with a population of more than 2.2 million.
  2. NIPSCO provides electric service to 421,000 customers and natural gas to 739,400 customers. It is the largest gas distribution company and the second largest electric distribution company in Indiana. The current capacity of the system is 3,361 MW. Natural gas is provided by six pipeline suppliers averaging 1,000 BTU's per cubic foot. There are no restrictions on the amounts of gas and electric sales to new users.
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Number of Electric Generating Units: 19
Percentage of Generation:
Coal Fired 95.0%
Oil 0%
Nuclear 0%
Hydro 6%
Natural Gas 4.4%

Information is available at 1-800-4-NIPSCO (1-800-464-7726). NIPSCO's Economic Development Department can prepare detailed rate information and projected bills upon request.

Kankakee Valley REMC also provides service to some parts of LaPorte County. For additional information, please click here.

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Telephone

Telephone service is provided by AT&T and Verizon. A full range of telephone communication services are available. The (219) area code is serviced by the Evansville, Indiana office.

AT&T
1-800-288-2020
www.att.com/gen/landing-pages?pid=3308

Verizon
1-800-483-4000
www22.verizon.com/

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Cellular Service

Centennial Wireless
1-800-493-3121
www.centennialwireless.com

Cingular
1.866.CINGULAR
www.cingular.com

Sprint Nextel
1-800-SPRINT1
www.sprint.com

T-Mobile
1-888-537-4242
www.t-mobile.com

U.S. Cellular
1-866-872-4249
www.uscc.com

Verizon
1.800.483.4000
www22.verizon.com

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Cable & Satellite

Comcast
1-866-594-1234
www.comcast.com

Direct TV
1-888-388-4249
www.directv.com

Dish Network
1-888-825-2557
www.dishnetwork.com

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Additional Resources

For additional information on taxes in other LaPorte County Communities, please visit the following sites:

LaPorte County Government

City of LaPorte

City of Michigan City

Town of Fish Lake

Town of Hanna

Town of Hesston

Town of Hudson Lake

Town of Kingsford Heights

Town of Kingsbury

Town of LaCrosse

Town of Long Beach

Town of Michiana Shores

Town of Mill Creek

Town of Rolling Prairie

Town if Union Mills

Town of Trail Creek

Town of Wanatah

Town of Waterford

Town of Westville

Town of Union Mills

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