JACKSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Consumers Energy says it has been joined by out-of-state crews to restore power after damaging storms swept through the state Thursday evening.
More than 660 crews, including those from Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Alabama, Kentucky and Pennsylvania, will be working to restore outages by the end of Sunday.
“We are all hands on deck on this storm, across the company,” said Greg Salisbury, one of Consumers Energy’s Officers in Charge for the storm. “We are making progress today in restoring power and hopeful that added crews will speed up the pace of restoration work through the weekend.”
Three confirmed tornadoes and strong winds carved a path of damage from Grand Rapids through Southeast Michigan, causing about 200,000 homes and businesses to lose power.
As of Friday afternoon, more than 35,000 of those have been restored.
