12/27/13 - From the initial 600,000 Michigan residents who lost power in the wake of last weekendâs ice storm, it appears only about 55,000 are still without service as of this morning. But if youâre one of those customers whoâve had to endure a week of frigid temperatures and a darkened Christmas holiday, thereâs not much to cheer about. In Livingston County, about 1,700 Consumers Energy customers remain in the dark, with expectations most will be restored to power by tomorrow night. Consumers Energy spokeswoman Debra Dodd tells WHMI that while the ice storm that caused the problems is long gone, Mother Nature hasnât helped their efforts with continued below-freezing temperatures and intermittent snow flurries. However, she says they will continue to work 24/7 until every customer is restored to power. DTE Energy Company says it only has about 2,700 of its customers without power, the majority of them in Lapeer County, while the Lansing Board of Water and Light says of about 40,000 original outages; just over 4,100 still are without service. Fewer than 1,000 of them are projected to be without power by Sunday night. (JK)
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