![]() ![]() “Then, of course, we’ve got our whole Incident Command team who’s been mobilizing over the last several days as we watch the storm come in.” We do upgrades and maintenance on poles and things like that, and all of that prep work that we’re doing throughout the year helps us be a little bit more ready for events like this,” Tracy Wimmer, a spokesperson for Consumers Energy, explained to FOX 17. “Part of it is work we do months and even, you know, years in advance, and a lot of that has to do with maintenance and paying attention to areas where we know we maybe have trees that are starting to get a little bit older or there’s a weakness in the branches, so we have a whole forestry department that’s looking out for those kinds of things. “Between the ice evening then the potential for wind gusts, we’re going to be keeping a close eye on this weather as our crews sort of ready and waiting to go to start restoration efforts if folks are losing power.”Īdditionally, Consumers pre-staged crews in areas across the state where we expect to be hit the hardest, including Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo. ![]() It’s been all hands on deck getting ready for this storm,” Paciorek added. “This was the part of the day that we’d been preparing for all week. Josh Paciorek, a spokesperson for Consumers Energy, told FOX 17 the utility company prepared for Wednesday evening well in advance. FOX 17 is staying in contact with Consumers Energy amid Wednesday’s winter storm hitting West Michigan. ![]() Crews will reconnect the wires to a home, but only a licensed electrician can repair or replace a mast or a cable.Ĭonsumers 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.GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. In some cases, the mast that holds the electric service wires to a home or business may have been damaged or torn away.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.Read more guidance on safe generator use here. Doing so could cause a generator to produce hazardous levels of carbon monoxide, an odorless, colorless and deadly gas. ![]()
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