MICHIGAN, USA — Consumers Energy crews said they plan to work through the night to restore power to homes and businesses across the state.
50,000 customers have been affected by the outages as of Saturday afternoon, Consumers Energy said. They said their goal is to have the power back on for everyone by Sunday.
Consumers Energy said the outages on Saturday resulted from high winds sweeping across Michigan.
“Winds that exceeded 50 MPH today knocked down branches, limbs and entire trees from the Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids area moving north and east across the state," said Consumers Energy's Officer in Charge for this storm, Tim Sparks.
Consumers Energy said 400 people are currently working to restore power, including over 100 crews and electric service workers. Additional crews will be joining on Saturday evening.
Sparks said it's important to stay at least 25 feet away from any downed power line and report the issue by calling 911 and Consumers Energy at 800-477-5050.
You can report an outage and check the status of your outage by visiting www.ConsumersEnergy.com/OutageCenter.
You can also sign up to get outage alerts and restoration times sent to a phone, email or text message by texting ‘REG' to 232273 or visiting www.ConsumersEnergy.com/alerts.
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