Consumers Energy

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

Consumers Energy is looking to help folks cool down with free ice cream on Saturday in Lowell.

As severe storms rolled through west Michigan Tuesday night, they knocked out the power to over 200,000 Consumers Energy customers.

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.

With temperatures set to flirt with 90 again this weekend, Consumers Energy is reminding customers they will be implementing its summer peak rates beginning today, and that means West Michigan customers of the power provider will be paying higher rates.

Consumers Energy will be implementing it's summer peak rates beginning June 1, and that means West Michigan customers of the power provider will be paying higher rates.

Regulators approved a 100-million rate hike that will help the utility company upgrade their equipment as work towards clean-energy goals.

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

Meijer and Consumer's Energy will be handing out bottled water, bags of ice, and ice cream to those without power at the American Legion Cedar Springs Post on Monday, July 22 from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m.

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