UNDATED, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — UPDATE: As of 4:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, Crews for Great Lakes Energy are still working to restore power to affected customers.
Tuesday morning, the company had reported that less than 3,000 customers were still without power, citing blizzard conditions as part of the delay.
According to the website, 844 customers were still without power just before 4:30 p.m.
The largest impacted areas are still listed as Lake, Mason, and Newaygo counties.
Customers can track the progress of the repairs by visiting https://bcsh.glenergy.com/maps/OutageWebMap/.
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Crews working for Great Lakes Energy are continuing to restore power in areas across the state as of Monday.
A weekend of intense Winter weather resulted in many outages across the state. Many of the outages have been attributed to fallen trees and power lines.
Great Lakes Energy reports that its crews are still working to restore power to all of its customers. By Monday afternoon, 30,000 members had their power restored, leaving less than 7,200 customers without power.
By Monday evening, the website listed 5,105 outages that still needed to be addressed.
The company says that the largest concentration of outages are located in Lake, Mason, Newaygo, and Osceola counties.
The company warns that if power is not restored by 10 p.m., members could be out of power overnight and should plan to seek alternative arrangements for the evening.
The company is also reminding citizens to avoid downed power lines, as well as trees and limbs hanging on the lines.
Current outage information by county is updated every 15 minutes and can be viewed at https://bcsh.glenergy.com/maps/OutageWebMap/.
