power outages

Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) crews are working tirelessly to restore power following Sunday’s storm, which caused significant damage across the region.

More than 700,000 utility customers lost power in the wake of Wednesday's winter storm, mostly blamed on accumulating ice and high winds.

The Michigan Public Service Commission has ordered a third party audit of the response of DTE Energy and Consumers Energy to storm-related outages, saying other MPSC attempts to reduce frequency and duration of outages haven't worked.

Powerful storms knocked out electricity for hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Michigan Monday. We spoke to DTE Energy and Consumers Energy about the cleanup and estimates for when power will be restored.

The Monday evening storms brought 70 mile per hour winds that caused mass outages throughout the state, including most of Metro Detroit.

Consumers Energy says improvements in its tree-trimming program as well as use of technology enabled it to restore power within 24 hours to nearly all 90,000 people affected by a recent storm.

Monday night’s severe thunderstorms and hurricane-force winds have caused widespread power outages across Michiana. Utilities are reporting multiple downed power lines, broken poles and fallen trees.

A report by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation said there’s not enough energy on the regional grid to meet peak demand.

Several thousand Michiana residents were left without power following Tuesday’s severe thunderstorms. As of 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, Indiana Michigan Power had…

Updated 2:15 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13.Several days of severe weather this week left thousands across Michiana without power. At the peak of the storms, more…