We’re Almost There With Power Restored to Most

And here's more good news. NOT! Consumers Energy has to prepare for the possibility of more severe weather that could move into Michigan as early as Tuesday.

Consumers Energy said that more than 2,700 people have been involved in the effort to bring power back to homes and businesses., But, they are preparing for the possibility of another ice storm that could arrive Tuesday, so they are urging all of us to make sure we are prepared with food, water and other vital supplies.

It certainly was a whopper of a winter storm as 231,000 customers were affected by severe weather. Consumers Energy crews were joined by workers from Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee to get us back on.

Don't forget, you can report an outage, check the status of an outage and get useful tips what to do after a storm by visiting www.ConsumersEnergy.com/OutageCenter. Customers also can sign up to get outage alerts and restoration times sent to a phone, email or text message, Text ‘REG' to 232273 or visit www.ConsumersEnergy.com/alerts.