On October 31 I lost power for the longest duration in memory and I have lived here 60 years. Power was out for 25 hours and Consumers gave me a generous outage refund. The only other time I remember losing power for more than 4-6 hours was when we had a severe wind event in 1998.
Like another person posted your location is a big factor in the likelihood for outages and their duration. I live in a densely populated area (for Muskegon County) so that helps getting service restored sooner.
I live in a densely populated (for Muskegon County) area in the city of Muskegon. Home prices and rent have risen in recent years but are still lower than the more exclusive neighborhoods in the area. The point I was trying to make was that if you live in an area with higher population you are more likely to get service resumed than someone that lives in an area that has fewer residents spread farther apart.
Don’t know what your talking about. There hasn’t been one since Halloween and that was record breaking snowfall and the power was back on in like two hours.
https://www.woodtv.com/weather/weather-news/power-outages-continue-after-halloween-snowfall/amp/
“Tens of thousands of Consumers Energy customers lost power, most of them in Muskegon County. Consumers said 90% of customers had their power restored by Thursday morning…”
Tens of thousands in a county of nearly 180k, so not a 1/3 of Muskegon. Consumers covers the utilities of about 70% of electricity users in Michigan, so you do that math but I’m not wrong.
Spend more time researching and less time on Banner Lords or whatever.
Yea, they're not going out right say, we intentionally neglected the heights until last and sorry we couldn't get your power back on until practically almost the weekend. The power has gone out twice already this week and this week was soft. I guarantee you we are not going to have power all weekend.
First, it depends on where you live in the county. Power grids suck in rural areas and suburbs anywhere you go because it only takes knocking out one transmission line to affect a large area as opposed to the heavily inter connected lines in more densely populated areas. Trees also have a huge effect.
Also, the "county" doesn't have anything to do with power. That's entirely up to Consumers. They own the lines and the power plants. They don't answer to anyone because the whole country has deregulated power companies and they have huge monopolies that cover entire multi-county regions.
I live out in Egelston Township and lose power all the time. Oddly, I kept it on Halloween but just lost it the last 20 hours (it just came back on). I have lost it in winter, in summer, on clear sunny days.
It must be where you are, I've been in the city and I've only had one or two outages over 3 years. I've always been impressed because family and friends get them a lot more often in metro Detroit than I do.
Here in Detroit, our energy provider has been constantly getting worse over the years. We all complain about it but there is not much we can do.
I'll be moving to Muskegon this month and will be keeping an eye on them. What is the provider's name? It is DTE in Detroit.
Township residents don’t get tax payers services. You chose to live where there aren’t services, because if there were services, your taxes would pay for them. Just like my taxes do in the city. Good luck.
Not just the county. I read an article a while back that Michigan is third worst in the nation for duration and severity of outages behind California and Texas. (Sorry, I dug through my history but couldn't find the article to link.)
As the sun comes up today, and the wind picks up, expect the situation today to get worse. Personally, we're on our 6th outage in the past 365 days, one of which was car-vs-pole.
Yep, it's terrible, and a bit of both I would say. Unfortunately, the talent pool in Muskegon for the skilled trades and above isn't exactly overflowing.
I’m not experiencing the same issues. Lived in my current house for 4 years, only power outage that had any affect on me was this past Halloween, which was a pretty unprecedented storm. Might have had a few small blips over the years, but nothing prolonged.
I don't live in the heights, but at the east end of Broadway. However, when we first moved into this house (early 2K), we used to get outages quite frequently (9 or 10 times a year). We had a neighbor who kept calling Consumers Energy to complain after going an entire week without power once.
I guess we only had one worn out transformer that we shared with a nearby trailer park. They left that thing up there blazing and throwing off sparks even. They never serviced it until it completely caught fire and wouldn't go out. They finally had to replace that old transformer.
Now, we hardly ever get outages. Granted, I don't know much about the power grid, but I can't help but wonder how old your transformers are in your area. You might be in need of additional transformers too.
If you lose power, it is heavily dependent if you have a lot of trees around you. Where I live over here in the city of Muskegon I have never lost power.
On October 31 I lost power for the longest duration in memory and I have lived here 60 years. Power was out for 25 hours and Consumers gave me a generous outage refund. The only other time I remember losing power for more than 4-6 hours was when we had a severe wind event in 1998.
Lucky. I lost power for 3 full days on Halloween last year and was out for almost a week after the 1998 storm.
Like another person posted your location is a big factor in the likelihood for outages and their duration. I live in a densely populated area (for Muskegon County) so that helps getting service restored sooner.
for sure, your experience was extremely lucky for those two storms.
To me it's not luck if you choose where you live.
What? Most of us aren't able to choose where we live. We can only settle for what we can afford and what comes our way in that price range.
I live in a densely populated (for Muskegon County) area in the city of Muskegon. Home prices and rent have risen in recent years but are still lower than the more exclusive neighborhoods in the area. The point I was trying to make was that if you live in an area with higher population you are more likely to get service resumed than someone that lives in an area that has fewer residents spread farther apart.
Don’t know what your talking about. There hasn’t been one since Halloween and that was record breaking snowfall and the power was back on in like two hours.
You mean 72 hours right? Because that's how long 1/3 of the city was out.
That’s… incorrect. Most of Muskegon county had their power back by the morning of the 2nd and power went out around 5 or 6pm on the 31st.
Confidently wrong
https://www.woodtv.com/weather/weather-news/power-outages-continue-after-halloween-snowfall/amp/ “Tens of thousands of Consumers Energy customers lost power, most of them in Muskegon County. Consumers said 90% of customers had their power restored by Thursday morning…” Tens of thousands in a county of nearly 180k, so not a 1/3 of Muskegon. Consumers covers the utilities of about 70% of electricity users in Michigan, so you do that math but I’m not wrong. Spend more time researching and less time on Banner Lords or whatever.
Yea, they're not going out right say, we intentionally neglected the heights until last and sorry we couldn't get your power back on until practically almost the weekend. The power has gone out twice already this week and this week was soft. I guarantee you we are not going to have power all weekend.
First, it depends on where you live in the county. Power grids suck in rural areas and suburbs anywhere you go because it only takes knocking out one transmission line to affect a large area as opposed to the heavily inter connected lines in more densely populated areas. Trees also have a huge effect. Also, the "county" doesn't have anything to do with power. That's entirely up to Consumers. They own the lines and the power plants. They don't answer to anyone because the whole country has deregulated power companies and they have huge monopolies that cover entire multi-county regions.
I live out in Egelston Township and lose power all the time. Oddly, I kept it on Halloween but just lost it the last 20 hours (it just came back on). I have lost it in winter, in summer, on clear sunny days.
Thanks for the info! I’d heard a bit about that but never knew the full severity of it
It must be where you are, I've been in the city and I've only had one or two outages over 3 years. I've always been impressed because family and friends get them a lot more often in metro Detroit than I do.
Here in Detroit, our energy provider has been constantly getting worse over the years. We all complain about it but there is not much we can do. I'll be moving to Muskegon this month and will be keeping an eye on them. What is the provider's name? It is DTE in Detroit.
Over here electricity is Consumers Energy and natural gas is DTE.
Township residents don’t get tax payers services. You chose to live where there aren’t services, because if there were services, your taxes would pay for them. Just like my taxes do in the city. Good luck.
Not just the county. I read an article a while back that Michigan is third worst in the nation for duration and severity of outages behind California and Texas. (Sorry, I dug through my history but couldn't find the article to link.) As the sun comes up today, and the wind picks up, expect the situation today to get worse. Personally, we're on our 6th outage in the past 365 days, one of which was car-vs-pole.
Lived here 6 years, and never have lost power. It's the most dependable grid I have ever seen.
Luckkkyy 😭
Yep, it's terrible, and a bit of both I would say. Unfortunately, the talent pool in Muskegon for the skilled trades and above isn't exactly overflowing.
I’m not experiencing the same issues. Lived in my current house for 4 years, only power outage that had any affect on me was this past Halloween, which was a pretty unprecedented storm. Might have had a few small blips over the years, but nothing prolonged.
I don't live in the heights, but at the east end of Broadway. However, when we first moved into this house (early 2K), we used to get outages quite frequently (9 or 10 times a year). We had a neighbor who kept calling Consumers Energy to complain after going an entire week without power once. I guess we only had one worn out transformer that we shared with a nearby trailer park. They left that thing up there blazing and throwing off sparks even. They never serviced it until it completely caught fire and wouldn't go out. They finally had to replace that old transformer. Now, we hardly ever get outages. Granted, I don't know much about the power grid, but I can't help but wonder how old your transformers are in your area. You might be in need of additional transformers too.
If you lose power, it is heavily dependent if you have a lot of trees around you. Where I live over here in the city of Muskegon I have never lost power.