More than 110,000 customers without power in Michigan after high winds

After high winds hit metro Detroit on Friday, March 13, more than 116,000 DTE Energy and Consumers Energy customers in Michigan are without power on Saturday, March 14.

Just before 8 a.m. Saturday, DTE Energy reported it had 79,586 customers affected by outages, according to its outage center.

DTE said on its website it was working quickly to restore power to everyone impacted by the high winds.

It estimated 70% of affected customers would be restored Saturday and nearly all customers would have their power on by end of the day Sunday.

Consumers Energy said it had restored 60,000 customers’ power by Friday night, but had 36,650 customers affected by 1,063 outages early Saturday morning, according to it’s outage map.

DTE reminded customers to remain at least 25 feet away from downed power lines or anything in contact with them. People should assume a downed line is live and dangerous.

We also have resources on how to check your power outage status.