Duke Energy is reporting an outage in northeastern Bartholomew County affecting about 1,600 customers and about 7,000 customers are without power in Jackson County.

Bartholomew County REMC is also reporting an outage at the Hope substation, caused by problems with the Duke transmission lines. They say this is affecting about 300 REMC customer.

Chip Orben with Duke Energy warns that you should stay away from any downed power lines you come across. If you are still without power, you can call 800-343-3525 to report the outage.