The outages followed high winds and rain as storms swept across much of Michigan's Lower Peninsula around rush hour, prompting the National Weather Service to ...
We’ll continue to work through the evening and overnight to finish the job.” Most of the outages were in Allegan, Barry, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, Jackson, Calhoun, Washtenaw and Genesee counties. By Friday morning, it had restored power to all but about 7,000 customers. Because of their efforts, we are still on track to meet our restoration target of having a large majority of impacted customers back on by the end of the day and a few of the hardest hit areas restored Friday,” said Guy Packard, Consumers Energy’s officer in charge for the restoration work. "We know how challenging it is to be without power," officials wrote. Please be safe and remain at least 20 feet away from downed power lines or anything in contact with them.
The company said they're waiting for the severe weather to leave the state after thunderstorms and heavy gusts of wind caused over 84000 homes and ...
“We were prepared for the strong storms to hit our state and had crews in place to begin restoration as soon as it was safe to do so,” said Guy Packard, Consumers Energy’s Officer In Charge for today’s power restoration work. “We appreciate the patience of our friends and neighbors, and we are committed to working around the clock to get the lights back on for everyone who counts on us as quickly as we can.”
(August 4, 2022 7:57 AM) Consumers Energy has restored power to over 32000 homes and businesses after winds that topped 60 mph swept across Michigan ...
Consumers Energy asks the public to keep a safe distance from crews. · In some cases, the mast that holds the electric service wires to a home or business may have been damaged or torn away. With 177 Consumers Energy and contractor crews, and more on the way, are currently working from Lake Michigan to Flint restoring power in 11 southern counties. · Consumers Energy will trim or remove trees interfering with electric restoration activities. “Over 177 crews will continue working around the clock today in less than favorable restoration conditions.” (August 4, 2022 7:57 AM) Consumers Energy has restored power to over 32,000 homes and businesses after winds that topped 60 mph swept across Michigan yesterday afternoon and evening.
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI – About 50,000 Consumers Energy customers in Michigan remain without power Thursday, Aug. 4, after a storm with wind gusts over 50 mph ...
Consumers Energy overnight restored power to 32,000 homes and businesses. It expected to have power restored to most of the 50,000 customers without power by 11 p.m. Thursday. Many of the outages occurred in Kalamazoo County and surrounding counties, Consumers Energy said.
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - As of Thursday morning, over 51000 Consumers Energy customers were without power a...
Only 33 outages for all of Branch County were reported early Thursday morning. “We were prepared for the strong storms to hit our state and had crews in place to begin restoration as soon as it was safe to do so,” said Guy Packard, Consumers Energy’s Officer In Charge for the power restoration work. Most of the power outages in Branch County were in the Sherwood Township area.
Thunderstorms and powerful winds moved across Michigan starting around 4 p.m., Wednesday. There were winds stronger than 60 mph, the release said. The National ...
“We were prepared for the strong storms to hit our state and had crews in place to begin restoration as soon as it was safe to do so,” Consumers Energy’s Officer in Charge Guy Packard said in a news release. Power restoration time is can change if weather conditions change. Consumers has about 150 crews working to asses damage and restore power in the affected counties, the release said.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD TV8) – Consumers Energy crews continue to work around the clock and have restored power to more than 42000 homes and businesses ...
The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids reported strong to severe storms, with “torrential rain,” moving across West Michigan on Aug. 3. As of noon ...
The National Weather Service said showers or thunderstorms could occur Thursday in the southern half of the lower peninsula but severe weather is not expected. “Mother Nature left behind a significant amount of damage, and we worked overnight and through the morning to get to this point. Crews are expecting power to be restored in the area at about 2:45 p.m.