700 Crews Continue Their Work
Consumers Energy crews continue to tackle restoration work after three waves of severe weather swept through Michigan over the weekend, including an ice storm in the northern portion of the state and severe thunderstorms in the south, with wind gusts up to 90 mph in some locations. More than 700 crews are spread between the two regions working 24 hours a day until every customer is restored.
“The severity of the weather we saw over the weekend—from ice-coated branches entangling lines up north to high winds uprooting trees in the south—has been a test not only for our lineworkers, but our customers as well,” said Norm Kapala, one of Consumers Energy’s officers in charge for the event. “While we know we’ve got a lot of work ahead of us, we also know that job number one is getting the lights back on as quickly and as safely as possible. Our customers can count on us to work 24/7 until that happens.”
Consumers Energy began preparing for the series of storms early last week, moving crews and equipment into place in northern Michigan Friday afternoon and Saturday morning ahead of the ice storm, allowing for significant progress to be made on those restorations before the third storm wave passed through the lower portion of the state. We are monitoring and preparing for another round of storms anticipated on Wednesday with potential for additional freezing rain and hazardous wind gusts.
In coordination with the Otsego Fire Department and E-Free Church Gaylord Campus, free water will be available to residents at the below addresses:
The majority of Michigan's restoration is on track to be complete Tuesday, and the hardest hit areas Wednesday.
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Manufacturer Name | Contact | Phone | Product Category | |
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Harbor Foam | |
616-855-8150 | Insulation | |
Flex Air | Rusty Herbst | 586-416-9888 | Direct Fired Makeup Air Handling Units | |
AbsolutAire | Elgin Clark | 800-804-4000 | Direct Fired Makeup Air Handling Units | |
Bananza | Patrick Stone | 616-726-8800 | Direct Fired Makeup Air Handling Units | |
Rapid Engineering | Patrick Stone | 616-784-0500 | Direct Fired Makeup Air Handling Units | |
TMI Climate Solutions | Robert Reitman | 810-694-5763 ext 309 | Direct Fired Makeup Air Handling Units | |
Weather-Rite | Patrick Stone | 612-338-1401 | Direct Fired Makeup Air Handling Units | |
Munters Corporation | Craig Morley | 517-676-7070 | Agriculture Circulation and Exhaust Fans | |
Great Lakes Air Products | Ben Traver | 734-326-7080 | Air Dryers | |
Hamilton Engineering | Andrew Hyde | 800-968-5530 | Boilers | |
Johnston Boiler Company | Thom Parker | 616-842-5050 | Boilers | |
Duro-Last Roofing | Katie Chapman | 800-248-0280 | Cool Roof | |
JP Motors & Drives, Inc. | Jeff Shryer | 269-321-0070 | Custom Control Panels | |
Snow Machines Incorporated | Pat Kotewa | 989-631-6091 | Custom Snow Equipment | |
Unified Brands - Avtec | Jefferson Kenney | 800-621-8560 | Commercial Kitchen Ventilation Controls | |
SkyBlade Fan Company | Jon Jones | 586-806-5107 | Destratification and HVLS Fans | |
Mach 1 Lighting | Jeff Hanson | 586-648-6495 | Exterior and Interior LEDs | |
EverLast Lighting | Alex Orr | 888-383-7578 | Exterior and Interior LEDs | |
Green Planet LED | JR Rayes | 800-676-0208 | Exterior and Interior LEDs | |
Lumecon | Chris Leonard | 248-477-5009 | Exterior and Interior LEDs | |
Lumerica | John Blake | 248-543-8085 | Exterior and Interior LEDs | |
Ecologic | Rick Thelen | 517-282-2385 | Exterior LEDs | |
Vega Light Control Systems | Jeff TeRoller | 616-259-0700 | Exterior LEDs | |
Combustion Research Corporation | Craig Thornton | 248-852-3611 | Infrared Heaters | |
Detroit Radiant Products Company | Michelle Kostusyk | 586-756-0950 | Infrared Heaters | |
Solaronics, Inc. | Nick Henderson | 248-651-5333 | Infrared Heaters | |
Applegate Insulation | Rob Walker | 517-521-3545 | Insulation | |
Cellulose Material Solutions | Jay Karwoski | 616-669-0100 | Insulation | |
Commercial Building and Retrofit, Inc. | Gary Yurich | 248-589-0453 | Insulation | |
Nu-Wool | Jay Karwoski | 888-968-9877 | Insulation | |
Alumalight | Gary Pizzimenti | 586-416-9888 | Interior LEDs | |
Best Lights, Inc. | Angie Vella | 248-588-4980 | Interior LEDs | |
LEIF LED | Luke Fritz | 517-481-2121 | Interior LEDs and LED Tube Lights | |
Armstrong International | Andrew Witteck | 772-213-9541 ext 4025 | Steam Traps | |
MEPCO | Ed Gilde | 616-971-3420 | Steam Traps | |
Bradford White | Chad Sanborn | 269-795-3364 | Water Heaters | |
Raves Cooler Doors | Joey Sheena | 248-887-0648 | Cooler Glass Doors | |
Poultry Management Systems, Inc. | Ed Rix |
616-915-2278 | NLC/Controls | |
Michigan Filter Manufacturing, LLC | Marcie Shoham | 616-644-4058 | Air Filters |
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