JACKSON, Mich., March 31, 2025 – Consumers Energy has restored power to over half of about 260,000 customers who lost power due to three waves of storms across Michigan over the weekend. With more than 700 crews at work, the energy provider is working to restore power in all but the hardest hit areas by the end of the day Tuesday.
“We’re working hard across the Lower Peninsula to get the power back on, and that work will continue overnight and around the clock,” said Chris Fultz, one of Consumers Energy’s officers in charge for the storm restoration. “We know people count on us, and we take our responsibility seriously to restore service to our friends and neighbors.”
Consumers Energy began preparing for the weekend’s storms early last week, moving crews and equipment into place in Northern Michigan on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning ahead of back-to-back ice storms. The company is now preparing for more severe weather to hit the state on Wednesday. Crews will continue working on the grid, and Consumers Energy is working to obtain even more help.
Watch: Consumers Energy leaders talk about power restoration and the coming storm
“We’re working to find more resources and make sure we can execute on our game plan for the good of our customers,” Fultz said. “We will continue to look at options that help us to respond safely and quickly, and we want to thank our customers for their patience as we get the job done.”
To demonstrate gratitude to customers, Consumers Energy is offering a free meal to customers tomorrow, April 1, beginning at 4 p.m. at the E-Free Church Gaylord Campus (1649 M-32 in Gaylord).
Consumers Energy urges the public to keep important safety tips in mind:
- Be alert to crews working along the roads. Drivers should slow down or stop and wait for oncoming traffic to clear so they can go safely past workers on roadsides.
- Stay at least 25 feet away from downed power lines, and to report unguarded downed lines by calling 9-1-1 and Consumers Energy at 800-477-5050.
- 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. Read more guidance on safe generator use here.
- 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 that holds the electric service wires to a 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.
Consumers Energy is Michigan’s largest energy provider, providing natural gas and/or electricity to 6.8 million of the state’s 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties. Consumers Energy knows job No. 1 is to keep the lights on for customers. We are committed to delivering reliable, clean, and affordable energy to our customers 24/7.
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