Thousands of DTE customers Downriver remain without power days after Friday’s storms knocked out electricity across the region, and for local business owners, the outage is becoming a financial crisis.
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DTE outages push Downriver businesses to the brink
Mandi Kaminsky lost power Friday evening at her Trenton home. Approaching the 72-hour mark with no restoration in sight, she said her family is questioning why repairs are taking so long.
“Yeah, we’re getting pretty close to that 72-hour mark,” Kaminsky said. “It needs to be a priority to make sure that people aren’t losing more than what Mother Nature has already done.”
At JP’s Trolley Stop in Taylor, owner Krissy McGuire said the restaurant has been closed for days — meaning no customers and no paychecks for her staff…