Mike Braun: “The spending of borrowed money, almost anything we do new here, is 100 percent borrowed.”

NIPSCO is a monopoly utility that Hoosiers pay every month with the expectation that it will use its considerable resources to maintain its system, prepare for severe weather and restore service as quickly as possible when disaster strikes.

I said that right after it occurred. I think that’s all been checked off.

I have mobilized state and local resources, declared a Statewide Disaster Emergency and deployed the Indiana National Guard.

I would hope that it doesn’t take seven to 10 days.