Monthly Archives: August 2023

(August 26, 2023 8:22 PM ET) Consumers Energy is providing free meals to the Manchester and Grass Lake communities hit hard by Thursday’s severe storm. The company says it wants to support customers and express gratitude for their patience as crews work to restore electric service. WHEN: Sunday, Aug. 27, from 9 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Grand River Brewery at Manchester Market, 455 W Main St., Manchester, MI 48158 WHAT: Breakfast will include a choice of breakfast sandwich, pastries and beverage compliments of Consumers Energy. WHEN: Sunday, Aug. 27, from noon to 2 p.m. WHERE: Grass Lake Willis Field Complex (parking lot), 505 Willis Road, Grass Lake, MI 49240 WHAT: A free hamburger and fries meal with choice of beverage will be supplied by Baby Bear Burger food truck.

Lineworkers on power restoration Friday.  Consumers Energy photo. (August 26, 2023 11:44 AM ET) Consumers Energy has restored power to 40% of customers impacted by a violent storm that swept through Michigan late Thursday. Around the clock efforts continue today as Consumers Energy, and crews from as far away as Pennsylvania, Alabama and Kentucky work 16-hour shifts to bring customers back online. As of 10 a.m., more than 78,000 of the nearly 200,000 affected homes and businesses have had power restored as work continues to restore all outages by the end of Sunday.  In Jackson County, 22,364 Consumers customers remain without power. “Our communities are depending on us to safely and quickly get power restored so they can begin healing from the damage and devastation of the storms,” said Chris Laird, one of Consumers Energy’s Officers in Charge for the power restoration. As a gesture of goodwill, Consumers Energy is also providing a free community dinner from 4 -6 p.m. at the Alpine Township Office in Comstock Park. That’s just one of many communities in our state recovering from damage caused by three confirmed tornadoes and strong winds that gusted to as much as 90 mph. The storm left a…