We have mobilized some 800 crews -- many of which have been already restoring power from last weekend – to be prepared for today.

“This has been an unusual week of back-to-back storms, but we know we have to be ready to continue doing work that people count on us to do,” said Chris Fultz, one of Consumers Energy’s officers in charge for storm response. “We encourage people today to make their own preparations and use our online outage map as a resource if the power does go out.”

Consumers Energy today is restoring power to the final southern Michigan customers who were affected by Sunday’s high winds and thunderstorms.

In Northern Michigan, where up to an inch of ice blanketed the region, the company plans to restore most customers by the end of Friday. If Wednesday’s storms produce additional outages, Consumers Energy will provide an updated estimate for restoration on Friday morning.

On Tuesday, the company thanked customers by serving over 420 meals to residents in Gaylord. Consumers Energy is continuing to work with local leaders and emergency officials to help the hardest hit communities recover.