Monthly Archives: December 2021

(December 13, 2021 11:55 AM) Experience Jackson will provide a shuttle service between downtown Jackson and select Jackson County Hotels this New Year’s Eve. The pilot program, called Bus with Us, will provide a safe alternative to driving on one of the biggest celebration nights of the year. There will be no charge for rides. Jackson Area Transportation Authority (JATA) busses will carry passengers along two routes between 6 p.m. on Friday, December 31, and 2 a.m. on January 1, 2022. Pickups will follow a continuous system between downtown Jackson and area hotels, with downtown stops falling every 30 minutes from the front of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and Experience Jackson’s building, at 134 W. Michigan Ave., Jackson. “We are excited to be a partner in helping to promote a safe New Year’s Eve experience,” said Michael D. Brown Sr., Executive Director/CEO of Jackson Area Transportation Authority. Experience Jackson has coordinated Bus with Us to ensure a safe and enjoyable New Year’s Eve option for those celebrating locally. “We are proud to offer a way to connect Downtown Jackson to our hotels,” said President and CEO of Experience Jackson, Craig Hatch. “It’s a natural partnership that will offer…

A lineman works on storm restoration.  Consumers Energy photo. Consumers Energy Monday morning storm update:  (December 13, 2021 8:17 AM)  Aided by favorable conditions and increased crews, Consumers Energy made great progress overnight to restore more than 90 percent of impacted customers. Nearly 354 crews worked through last night to restore power to another 12,000 customers, since our last update. In total, crews have restored power to 137,000 customers since Saturday morning with just over 14,000 remaining. As of 8 AM, 335 customers in Jackson County remained without power. “Our goal remains to get every customer, resident and business, restored by the end of the day today and we are on target to hit that goal,” said Melissa Gleespen, one of Consumers Energy’s Officers in Charge for the storm event. “I would like to thank our customers for their patience while we work to restore power and our crews for working safely to ensure every customer gets their lights back on.” Saturday’s wind storm featured 55 miles per hour gusts and impacted more than 150,000 customers across the lower peninsula. Severe weather swept through Michigan knocking out power along the lakeshore, moving across mid and southern Michigan yesterday morning. The…

A Consumers Energy lineman works on storm restoration.  Consumers Energy photo. Consumers Energy Sunday night storm update: (December 12, 2021 10:32 PM) Consumers Energy crews will continue to work through the night to restore power to more than 86 percent of impacted customers by Monday morning. With today’s favorable weather conditions, crews worked around the clock to restore power to another 41,000 customers. In total, crews have restored power to 125,000 customers since Saturday morning. “With crews continuing to work through the night, we expect to be in the home stretch tomorrow and will look to finish restoring a majority of all customers by tomorrow night,” said Tim Sparks, one of Consumers Energy’s Officers in Charge for the storm event. “At this evening’s community events, we expressed how grateful we were for our customers’ continued patience as crews work tirelessly on restoration efforts.” Consumers Energy team members hosted community events in Ionia, Cedar Springs, Carson City, Spring Arbor, and Flint earlier today to thank customers for their patience and cooperation. Saturday’s wind storm featured 55 miles per hour gusts and impacted more than 150,000 customers across the lower peninsula. Severe weather swept through Michigan knocking out power along the lakeshore,…

A snapped utility pole and damaged transmission equipment.  Consumers Energy photo. Consumers Energy Sunday morning storm update: (December 12, 2021 9:15 AM)  Consumers Energy Restoration crews worked safely and efficiently through the night to restore power to 84,000 customers following, a severe storm featuring high winds over 55 miles per hour swept quickly through Michigan Saturday morning, causing damage and knocking out power to over 150,000 customers. “Our crews worked completed great work through the night and we are looking forward to favorable weather today to continue to restore power for residents and businesses,” said Melissa Gleespen, one of Consumers Energy’s Officers in Charge for the storm event. “We have also added crews to our system from Mutual Assistance that will enable us to have a successful day of restoration.” A majority of customers still impacted are expected to be restored by the end of the day Monday. Customers can report an outage and check the status of outage by visiting www.ConsumersEnergy.com/OutageCenter. Customers can also sign up to get outage alerts and restoration times sent to a phone, email or text message, Text ‘REG' to 232273 or visit www.ConsumersEnergy.com/alerts. Severe weather swept through Michigan knocking out power along the lakeshore, moving across…