Northern Indiana Public Service Company

System Name: Northern Indiana Public Service Company
Location: Multiple, IN
County: 26 Counties
System Type: DMR Tier 3 Standard
System Voice: DMR
System ID: HEX: LA DEC: L10
Last Updated: August 11, 2026, 16:14 pm UTC   [Changed Site # 020 (Decatur) to 20 (Decatur)]
System Notes

8/24 - Some sites were updated with proper coordinates/addresses. Site numbers have been updated. Sites 29, 32, and 33 exist but frequencies are unknown; they may be on 800 MHz. Sites numbered 99 need the correct site number.
Base frequency: 935.0125 - Base channel: 5
{{Info below will be placed in the wiki soon}}

IPSCO has about 13 LOAs (Local Operating Areas) like South Bend, Gary, Crown Point, LaPorte, etc. Each LOA has a Gas Service and a Gas Street Department. Not all areas have Electric Line Departments because of other electric companies throughout the area.

Gas Service maintains/installs above ground gas meters and deals with gas leak odor calls as well as to gas turn on/shut offs/ and relights. Gas Service will initially respond to hit gas lines then typically confirm that the line was hit and call for a Gas Street crew to come repair it. 

Gas Street installs, repairs, and maintains underground gas lines. If someone hits an underground gas line, Gas Street with be the ones to dig it up and repair it. 

Electric Line Departments will do installs, repairs, and maintenance of the electric distribution lines as well as respond to electric emergencies like hit poles and lines down within NIPSCOs territory. The will also do restoration work after severe weather events.

Sites and Frequencies

Key:###.####Ctrl control channel
SiteNameCountyFrequencies
001 (1)Crown PointLake
8 freqs · 1 control
935.150Ctrl935.650935.675935.8125935.825935.8375936.3375939.5125
002 (2)WheatfieldJasper
6 freqs · 2 control
935.2625Ctrl939.850Ctrl935.550935.7625936.1875939.800
003 (3)ValparaisoPorter
8 freqs · 1 control
935.675Ctrl935.150935.3875935.400935.4125935.425935.4375936.3625
004 (4)La PorteLa Porte
8 freqs · 1 control
935.175Ctrl935.500935.700935.925936.1375936.3875939.600939.9375
005 (5)South BendSt. Joseph
12 freqs · 1 control
935.1375Ctrl935.3375935.5375935.7375935.950936.000936.200936.425939.525939.725939.9125939.9625
006 (6)PlymouthMarshall
8 freqs · 1 control
935.1625Ctrl935.3625935.650935.8625936.0625936.275936.475939.650
007 (7)MonticelloWhite
9 freqs · 2 control
935.3875Ctrl936.200Ctrl935.5875935.800936.0125936.225936.4375939.525939.800
008 (8)GoodlandNewton
6 freqs · 1 control
935.1375Ctrl935.3375935.7375936.000936.4875939.9125
009 (9)AngolaSteuben
7 freqs · 1 control
935.1625Ctrl935.3625935.5625935.7625935.9625936.250939.9625
010 (A)GoshenElkhart
8 freqs · 2 control
935.5875Ctrl936.2125Ctrl935.3875935.900936.4375939.5125939.7125939.950
011 (B)Fort WayneAllen
11 freqs · 1 control
936.200Ctrl935.150935.375935.650935.975936.225939.550939.7625939.8875939.900939.9125
012 (C)WarsawKosciusko
7 freqs · 2 control
935.250Ctrl936.1875Ctrl935.4625935.7125936.4625939.5375939.875
013 (D)LogansportCass
8 freqs · 1 control
935.2375Ctrl935.5125935.725935.9625936.250939.5625939.775939.900
014 (E)PeruMiami
6 freqs · 1 control
935.425Ctrl935.175935.6875935.900936.125936.425
015 (F)UrbanaWabash
6 freqs · 1 control
935.2625Ctrl935.550935.775936.1125936.3375939.8125
016 (10)RochesterFulton
7 freqs · 1 control
936.4125Ctrl935.000935.275935.6375936.025939.5875939.925
017 (11)AlbionNoble
6 freqs · 1 control
935.225Ctrl935.450935.6625935.875936.450939.9375
018 (12)LaGrangeLagrange
6 freqs · 1 control
935.175Ctrl935.3875935.6375936.1625939.575939.925
019 (13)Columbia CityWhitley
6 freqs · 1 control
935.2875Ctrl935.4875935.700936.1375936.375939.7875
020 (14)DecaturAdams
6 freqs · 1 control
936.000Ctrl935.1875935.4125935.6375936.475939.750
021 (15)ThayerJasper
6 freqs · 1 control
935.2125Ctrl935.6625936.0875936.3125939.700939.9625
022 (16)East ChicagoLake
5 freqs · 1 control
935.6375Ctrl939.8875939.900939.9125939.925
023 (17)ChaseBenton
6 freqs · 1 control
935.175Ctrl935.450935.650935.9125936.400939.6375
024 (18)Michigan CityLa Porte
6 freqs · 1 control
935.450Ctrl935.475935.675935.850936.075939.575
025 (19)GaryLake
7 freqs · 1 control
939.5625Ctrl935.150935.4625935.4875935.675936.2625939.825
026 (1A)AuburnDeKalb
6 freqs · 1 control
935.2375Ctrl935.475935.675935.9125936.400939.700
027 (1B)Bass LakeStarke
8 freqs · 1 control
935.300Ctrl935.5625935.7875936.050936.400939.8875939.900939.9625
028 (1C)BristolElkhart
4 freqs · 1 control
935.1875Ctrl935.6875936.2375939.6375
029 (1D)Michigan City Generating PlantLa Porte
2 freqs · 1 control
935.150Ctrl935.675
030 (1E)North WebsterKosciusko
6 freqs · 1 control
935.2005Ctrl935.525935.750936.0125936.4875939.6625
031 (1F)KokomoHoward
6 freqs · 2 control
935.3125Ctrl936.1625Ctrl935.5375935.7625939.5125939.825
034 (22)Oakdale DamCarroll
2 freqs · 1 control
935.700Ctrl939.6625
099 (63)KendallvilleNoble
4 freqs
935.500939.8875939.900939.9125

Talkgroups

DEC Mode Alpha TagDescriptionTag
390TGas Measur/TransGas Measurement/TransmissionUtilities
577TElec Distr SouthElectric Distribution Dispatch: South Utilities
622THelo Insp S/WTransmission Line Inspections Helicopter Utilities
625TElec Distr WestElectric Distribution Dispatch: WestUtilities
627TElec Distr S/WElectric Distribution DispatchUtilities
629TGeneration DispGeneration DispatchUtilities
631TElecDistrGen S/WElectric Dispatch/Generating Stations Utilities
641TElecMet Tech S/WElectric Meter TechniciansUtilities
801TConstructionConstructionUtilities
802TElecLine Con S/WElectric Line ConstructionUtilities
803TStructuresStructuresUtilities
804TGas LineConstrctGas Line Construction Utilities
809TBoringBoringUtilities
833TMain StoreroomMain Storeroom (Systemwide)Utilities
901TRadio North S/WRadio Service Technicians North Utilities
902TRadio South S/WRadio Service Technicians SouthUtilities
1021TSecurity S/WSecurity (Systemwide)Security
Area Specific
DEC Mode Alpha TagDescriptionTag
529TCrownPt ElecLineCrown Point Electric LineUtilities
273TCrownPt Gas SrvcCrown Point Gas ServiceUtilities
274TCrownPt Gas StrtCrown Point Gas StreetUtilities
289TFtWayne Gas SrvcFort Wayne Gas ServiceUtilities
290TFtWayne Gas StrtFort Wayne Gas StreetUtilities
537TGary Elec LineGary Electric Line Utilities
297TGary Gas SrvcGary Gas ServiceUtilities
298TGary Gas StrtGary Gas StreetUtilities
388TGas EngineeringGas EngineeringUtilities
305TGoshen ServiceGoshen Gas ServiceUtilities
306TGoshen StreetGoshen Gas StreetUtilities
613TGoshen SubGoshen SubUtilities
553THammond ElecLineHammond Electric LineUtilities
313THammond Gas SrvcHammond Gas ServiceUtilities
314THammond Gas StrHammond Gas StreetUtilities
642THmd Meter ShopHammond Meter ShopUtilities
785THammond OutagesHammond OutagesUtilities
561TLaPorte ElecLineLaPorte Electric LineUtilities
321TLaPorte Gas SrvcLaPorte Gas ServiceUtilities
322TLaPorte Gas StrtLaPorte Gas StreetUtilities
569TMonticello ElecMonticello Electric LineUtilities
337TMonticello SrvcMonticello Gas ServiceUtilities
353TPlymth Gas SrvcPlymouth Gas ServiceUtilities
354TPlymth Gas StrtPlymouth Gas StreetUtilities
615TPlymouth SubPlymouth SubUtilities
585TRoch Elec LineRochester Electric Line Utilities
361TSthBend Gas SrvcSouth Bend Gas ServiceUtilities
362TSthBend Gas StrSouth Bend Gas StreetUtilities
593TValprso ElecLineValparaiso Electric Line Utilities
369TValprso Gas LineValparaiso Gas Line Utilities
Schahfer Generating Station
DEC Mode Alpha TagDescriptionTag
1641TOperationsOperationsUtilities
1667TOperationsOperationsUtilities
1668TOperationsOperationsUtilities
1672TOperationsOperationsUtilities
1675TOperationsOperationsUtilities
1676TOperationsOperationsUtilities
1677TSecuritySecurityUtilities
1678TOperationsOperationsUtilities
1680TOperationsOperationsUtilities
1681TOperationsOperationsUtilities
1683TOperationsOperationsUtilities
1688TOperationsOperationsUtilities
1689TDB SolarDunns Bridge SolarUtilities