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Advocates say Michigan’s poor performance compared to neighboring states shows a failure by state regulators to ensure that utilities adequately invest in the grid.
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Officials with Consumers Energy warned that power could take longer than usual to be restored, as high winds in the forecast might prevent crews from working on the lines.
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Consumers Energy says it is planning to develop an almost "hurricane-strength" resilience to storms.
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Michigan state Sen. Jeff Irwin and Consumers Energy CEO Garrick Rochow spoke about the latest widespread outages, which left hundreds of thousands without electricity.
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Severe thunderstorms struck southern Michigan, uprooting trees, downing branches and power lines and cutting electricity to customers of DTE Energy and Consumers Energy.
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Buried lines are protected from common outage causes, such as falling tree limbs, ice, and heavy winds.
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Some Michigan House lawmakers are responding to this winter’s widespread blackouts with a new task force.
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The Michigan Public Service Commission has taken a step toward holding power companies financially responsible for unreliable service.
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A few weeks ago, more than a 700,000 customers of DTE and Consumers Energy faces outages. Power may be back on, but the consequences are lingering.