98% of BWL customers have power as companies continue to restore outages - WILX
98% of BWL customers have power as companies continue to restore outages
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Thousands of residents still remain without power, but the numbers have been dropping significantly following Thursday night’s storm.
The Lansing Board of Water and Light (BWL) said 98% percent of their customers’ power has been restored. A little over 200 locations are without power as of early Tuesday evening.
BWL restored power to 34,000 customers since the storm.
“This is the single biggest storm in BWL history,” said BWL General Manager Dick Peffley. “Most of the remaining work involves removing trees which have impeded the replacement of broken poles and downed lines. We appreciate our customers’ continued patience while we work to get their power back on.”
Consumers Energy said crews made progress restoring power after Monday’s favorable weather conditions. The energy company said a little more than 7,000 customers remain without power as of Tuesday morning.
“We’ve got 800 crews running 24/7 to make sure we’re restoring our customers,” said Chris Laird, one of Consumers Energy’s Officers in Charge for the storm. “We apologize for the delay in getting the power back on and will not leave until every last community is restored.”
According to DTE’s power outage map, a total of 3,615 residents in Ingham and Livingston Counties are still without power. 99% percent of total DTE customers including Metro Detroit have had their power restored as of early Tuesday morning. The Williamston area is still experiencing outages.
Previous coverage:
Governor Whitmer extends state of emergency to Ingham, Eaton, Livingston counties
Consumers Energy aiming to restore most of residents’ power by end of Monday
36th Jackson Civil War Muster continues after storm damage
Tornado damage brings farming headaches in Webberville
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