Continues Restoration Efforts

JACKSON, Mich., April 2, 2025 – With Michigan facing the possibility of more severe weather today, Consumers Energy has restored power to approximately 80 percent of those customers impacted by the ice and windstorms that swept through the Lower Peninsula last weekend. 

The energy provider has mobilized more than 900 crews — many of which continue restoration work in the hardest hit areas such as Northern Michigan – to prepare for helping any additional customers who might lose power due to potential high winds, ice and hail today. 

“We’re making significant progress as we work safely to bring power back to the homes and businesses we serve as quickly as possible,” said Norm Kapala, one of Consumers Energy’s Officers in Charge of restoration. “Mother Nature continues to create a demanding work environment, but our crews are up to the challenge and committed to helping and protecting our customers. We thank our customers and communities for their continued patience.”

Consumers Energy today is working on two fronts to bring the lights back on following the storms that impacted Northern Michigan, coated with up to an inch of ice, and the southern central region of the state, hit by high winds and thunderstorms. 

The company plans to restore most customers by the end of Friday. If Wednesday’s storms produce additional outages, Consumers Energy will provide an updated estimate for restoration on Friday morning. 

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.
• Residents can also utilize the Michigan 211 website for the most up to date information on warming shelters in their area. 

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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