Michigan power outage maps: How to check your status in the Lansing area
LANSING — The National Weather Service is predicting wintry, potentially blizzard-like weather this weekend in mid-Michigan.
That means the potential for power outages is high. If your power does go out, Michigan's electric providers have online tools to help you find out when it might come back on.
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Depending on the electrical service you have, you can check the latest status of your power outage, how widespread the outage is, an estimated restoration time and more. Most Michigan residents have Consumers Energy or DTE Energy, but the Lansing Board of Water & Light serves about 100,000 electric customers in Greater Lansing and some areas around Lansing and to the north get electric from Homeworks Tri-County Electric Cooperative.
Here are the services offered in Michigan — and links for each power outage map.
Lansing Board of Water & Light power outage map
Use Lansing Board of Water & Light's power outage map here. To report an outage, call 877-295-5001 or go to the company's website.
Consumers Energy power outage map
Use Consumers Energy's power outage map here. You can report downed power lines by calling 800-477-5050.
DTE power outage map
Use DTE's power outage map here. DTE reminds folks to "please be safe and remember to stay at least 25 feet from any downed power lines — assume they are live and dangerous." Report any outage or downed line here.
Homeworks Tri-County Electric Cooperative outage map
Use Homeworks' power outage map here. You can report downed power lines by calling 800-848-9333.
Is your service not listed here?
Use poweroutage.us to see other Michigan services and whether there are updates in your area.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan power outage maps: How to check DTE, Consumers, BWL and Homeworks
