IONIA COUNTY, MI — Some 3,000 homes and businesses in Ionia County will temporarily lose power this weekend as Consumers Energy upgrades its high-voltage power lines. Consumers Energy plans to ...

Officials in Metro Detroit reported downed power lines and outages as storms invaded Southeast Michigan Tuesday afternoon. According to DTE Energy, more than 16,000 customers were without power as ...

Thankfully, no one was hurt. Consumers Energy and DTE Energy reported several thousand customers lost power in the storm in communities like the Great Lakes Bay Region, Genesee County, and the Thumb.

Nearly 31% of of the 41,000 customers in Kalamazoo County are without power as of 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 17. In Calhoun County, about 17,000 customers, 27%, are out of power.

The storms snapped power poles, downed power lines, and took down trees. The damage is so widespread that I&M doesn’t anticipate having power fully restored there until 11 p.m. Saturday.

Millbrand, a retiree living on a fixed income, isn’t alone. Many feel the brunt. Michigan’s residential power rates are the highest in the Midwest and among the steepest in the nation.

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