Consumers Energy reports nearly 76,000 lost power due to winds in excess of 50 mph, since early this (Sunday) morning. About 55,000 customers were without power at 6 pm. “We have been tracking this wind storm for several days and we have the necessary crews in place to assess damage, make repairs and restore power,” said Gregory Salisbury, Consumers Energy vice president of gas engineering. “We expect weather conditions to improve overnight, which will assist with restoration.”

Consumers Energy notes that you “can report an outage, check the status of an outage and get useful tips what to do after a storm by visiting www.ConsumersEnergy.com/OutageCenter. Customers can also sign up to get outage alerts and restoration times sent to a phone, email or text message, Text ‘REG’ to 232273 or visit www.ConsumersEnergy.com/alerts.”

Consumers points out:

·         Never use a generator in an attached garage, basement, enclosed patio or near any air intakes. Doing so could cause a generator to produce hazardous levels of carbon monoxide, an odorless, colorless and deadly gas.

·         Consumers Energy will trim or remove trees interfering with electric restoration activities. Once safe to do so, clean-up of debris from tree trimming or removal during a storm emergency is the responsibility of individual property owners.

·         In some cases, the mast which holds the electric service wires to a customer’s home or business may have been damaged or torn away. Crews will reconnect the wires to a home, but only a licensed electrician can repair or replace a mast or a cable.

A Plus Electric’s Storm Team can help. To reach us, click the emergency button on this website from your smart phone, or call (517) 529-0000.