DTE Delays Power Restoration for Some Michigan Customers Until Wednesday as 160,000 Remain Out
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Updated · Detroit News · Jul 5
DTE Delays Power Restoration for Some Michigan Customers Until Wednesday as 160,000 Remain Out
3 articles · Updated · Detroit News · Jul 5
Summary
More than 160,000 DTE customers in eastern Michigan were still without power Sunday morning, and the utility said some outages from Friday's storms may last until late Wednesday.
DTE expects 85% to 90% of customers restored by Sunday night and 95% by Monday, but fresh storms in Metro Detroit slowed crews and triggered a flooding advisory in parts of Wayne and Monroe counties.
Consumers Energy still had 55,000 customers without electricity, with some western Michigan outages also projected to last until Wednesday.
Rashida Tlaib criticized Michigan's outage credits as too low for spoiled food and unusable medicine; the state raised the reimbursement rate last year to $42 a day from $35.