power outage

Although some people may feel a bit strange about keeping a supply of certain items in the house “just in case”, it’s always better to be over-prepared than under and, believe me, you do not want to find out for yourself the hard way. In the event of a blackout, you need a reliable supply kit to get you by without power, and included below are just a few essentials to start with.

According to Consumers Energy, last week's storms caused one of their top 10 outages in Michigan.

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids is warning of more severe weather overnight as nearly 200,000 in Michigan are without power.

Consumers Energy has stated that nearly 2,500 customers In Kent County will be temporarily cut off. Consumers Energy will shut off power at 9 p.m. on June 26 for about 5 hours.

A unique event is set to take place on Tuesday as an entire home will be moved over 8 miles from Kent County to Allegan County.

How many squirrels does it take to knock out power to over 100 traffic lights in the city of Grand Rapids? Just one!

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Winds tomorrow will be as bad as the storm from November 27.

Saturday the city of South Haven was without power, Sunday parts of Grand Rapids woke up without electricity.

The first day of December brought with it snow, ice, and power outages across West Michigan. According to Consumers Energy, as of noon on Sunday, more than 40,000 are without power across the state. Wood TV 8 reports that Michigan has more power outages today than any other state...

The weekend weather has now been considered a catastrophic event, so the length without power for the credit has changed.

Per Michigan law, utility companies have to issue outage credits for those eligible.