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As crews continue restoration work across the state, we're keeping safety top of mind. We greatly appreciate your patience as our teams continue to work through restoration. As that work continues, we want to share the following important safety reminders: 🧊 Melting ice can cause tree branches to snap suddenly 📏 If you see downed wires, keep your distance. Stay at least 25 feet away, call 9-1-1, then call us at 800-477-5050 🔌Practice generator safety. Keep generators away from enclosed areas, and never use a generator in an attached garage, basement, enclosed patio or near any air intakes 🚚 Give our crews safe space to work. Drivers should slow down or stop and wait for oncoming traffic to clear so they can go safely past.

To everyone holding steady through extended outages — thank you. The patience, resilience and care neighbors are showing one another hasn’t gone unnoticed. Crews remain in the field around the clock, working through difficult conditions to safely restore power. They won't stop until every home and business is back online. 💙

Being without power is frustrating and disruptive, and we know how hard that can be. Crews from Iowa, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio are standing with northern Michigan, restoring power to 25,000 homes overnight and continuing the work until every customer has the power they need. Thanks for your patience — and count on us to keep showing up. 💙⚡

More than 700 crews are continuing restoration efforts following the storm that brought on high winds, snow, and ice. We know outages can disrupt your day, your plans, and your sense of normal. Crews are making steady progress by repairing lines and inspecting equipment to safely restore service and secure the grid as quickly as conditions allow. Work is ongoing in your community and will continue into the night. Restoration doesn't stop when the weather clears, and neither does the effort to get everyone back up and running. Thank you for your patience as this work continues. 💙💚

After Sunday's brutal winter storm, our crews have worked around the clock, restoring service to more than 100,000 Michiganders like you. With over 700 crews working 16-hour shifts, we're committed to safely getting everyone back up and running as efficiently as possible. In hard-hit areas up north, we're positioning mobile command centers and an emergency response unit, bringing aid where it's needed the most. As we continue restoration efforts, please keep the following safety tips in mind: ⚠️ Stay at least 25 feet away from downed power lines, and report unguarded downed lines by calling 9-1-1 and Consumers Energy at 800-477-5050. Consumers Energy reminds people that falsely calling in downed lines actually slows down the restoration process for everyone.  🪫 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. 🌳 Consumers Energy will trim or remove trees interfering with electric restoration activities. Once safe to do so, cleanup of debris from tree trimming or removal during a storm emergency is the responsibility of individual property owners.

When a storm hits, restoring power takes planning, teamwork and determination. ⚡ From assessing damage to safely rebuilding the system, our crews are working around the clock to restore power and secure the grid. 600 crews are hard at work and will continue through the night to ensure all communities we serve get back online. Count on us to not stop until the job is done and power is safely restored. 💙

A second round of winter weather hit Michigan overnight, affecting our friends and neighbors hardest in northern Michigan. Right now our co-workers – from our lineworkers to our wire guards and mobile command units - are assessing the damage and prepared to secure the grid. Here's what you need to know: 1️⃣ Help is on the way. Over 480 crews are working across the state to restore power safely to the communities we serve. 2️⃣ We're continuing to monitor and respond to high winds that are in the forecast across Michigan today. You can count on us to work around the clock until every neighbor is back up and running. 3️⃣ With restoration top of mind, please remember these important safety tips: 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.  If you need to travel, be alert to crews working along roadsides. If you see crews along the road, please allow ample space to work.

After restoring power to more than 160,000 customers impacted by the last storm, our teams are already positioned and ready as another round of weather moves in. More than 450 crews are on the system tonight, responding to new outages, monitoring conditions, and preparing to address whatever comes next. This is what securing the grid looks like. As Michigan settles in for the night, our crews remain in the field, working safely and deliberately to care for the grid and the communities we serve. Thank you for continuing to count on us. We are here, and we will keep showing up. 💙

After Friday's late-winter storm caused interruptions for more than 160,000 customers across Michigan, our crews stepped up to the challenge, getting our neighbors back up and running. With more snow, freezing rain, high winds, and the potential for severe thunderstorms in the forecast throughout the state today and tomorrow, know our crews are securing the grid, monitoring and prepared for whatever challenges this incoming weather system brings. Count on us to be there for Michiganders like you, no matter the forecast.

Doing everything we can to secure the grid – that's what it’s all about. Before the first snowflake falls, our teams are tracking and preparing to make restorations as quickly and safely as possible. It’s a part of our promise to Michigan to power homes across the state, no matter the weather. As we prepare for a second round of winter weather, count on us to keep working around the clock until service is restored for our neighbors across the mitten.

Tough times don’t break us, they build us. The latest storm dealt a tough hand, but conditions like this give our crews, from the line to the dispatch, a chance to shine. We’re incredibly grateful for the work of our 450 crews across the state, and appreciate the patience of our affected neighbors. As restorations continue today, you can count on us to keep working for neighbors like you.

As the sun begins to set, our more than 450 crews who have been working tirelessly to secure the grid will continue restoration efforts until all power is restored. Thank you for your patience as they work as fast and safely as possible, especially while dealing with strong winds and hazardous conditions. Here are a few winter-weather safety tips while restoration continues: • Be alert to crews working along roadsides. Please slow down or stop and wait for oncoming traffic to clear so they can go safely past.  • 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.

Winter is making a comeback across much of the state today, bringing a mix of snow, strong winds and service interruptions. We’re here to help. 💙 About 450 crews are working around the clock to secure the grid today-- restoring service as safely and quickly as possible, and we’re also preparing for the risk of another weather system expected on Sunday. If you spot a downed power line in your area, stay safe. Stay at least two car lengths away from any downed power line and anything it is touching, call 9-1-1, and then call us at 800-477-5050.

Hey, Michigan! Winter weather is in the forecast yet again. Wind gusts with a wintry mix of rain and snow are expected starting tomorrow through Monday. Rest assured, our eyes are on the skies and our coworkers are on the ground securing the grid for whatever Mother Nature brings. If you experience an interruption to service, you can always visit the Outage Center to report it and find your Estimated Time of Restoration (ETR): consumersenergy.com/outages-and-sa…

Planning ahead is how Michigan succeeds. That's why we recently proposed a plan to: ⚡Secure the grid with over 13 GW of solar, wind and battery storage — backed by two new natural gas plants (1.5 GW) at existing industrial sites 🏠 Power our homes with an increased focus on customer programs that have already helped reduce bills by $8.5B since 2009 and are expected to reach upwards of $18B by 2050 💙 Invest in Michigan with nearly $19B in project investments from natural gas plants and renewable projects that will support schools, roads and community services We plan to officially file with state regulators this summer. Michigan can count on thoughtful planning that looks ahead and keeps people at the center.

👀Want to take a closer look at your meter? Meet Max. The careful work he does — tightening connections and checking for leaks — is one way our crews work to secure the grid, starting right at your home 🏠. Real work. Real peace of mind. Michigan, you can count on us.💙

Crews across Michigan are prepared as changing weather moves through the state. ⚡️🛠️ Forecasts call for strong storms this evening into tomorrow morning, with gusty winds, hail and conditions that could produce tornados in parts of Southern Michigan, and the chance for ice in Northern Michigan. Teams are also keeping a close eye on potential statewide winds later this week. 🌧️💨 If outages occur, crews will be ready to secure the grid safely and as quickly as conditions allow. Michigan, you can count on us. 💙

Storms this afternoon spawned at least one reported tornado that carved a path of destruction through Union City, plus other severe weather across the state. As our fellow Michiganders start taking stock of the damage, our crews are on site to assess damage, secure the grid, and begin restoration work ahead of another round of weather tomorrow. Our hearts are with our friends and neighbors who are affected by today’s weather. Storm recovery takes coordination, care, and time, but every crew out there shares the same goal: getting the lights back on for the communities we serve. Thank you for your patience and for looking out for one another while we work to restore power safely. 💙