- More than 300,000 utility customers lost power Sunday; days later more than 70,000 remained without
- Michigan routinely has some of the nation’s longest power outages during major storms
- Utilities says recently approved rate hikes will improve reliability, but weather is becoming increasingly harsh
More than 70,000 Michigan utility customers remained without power on Friday, six days after a massive ice storm in the north and 10 tornadoes to the south downed scores of power lines and knocked out electricity for more than 300,000 customers.
While the state’s top energy regulator said he’d never seen such a storm, long power outages aren’t exactly an anomaly here.
In fact, Michigan consistently ranks among the top among states in the duration of power outages, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration…