power outages

Michigan state Sen. Jeff Irwin and Consumers Energy CEO Garrick Rochow spoke about the latest widespread outages, which left hundreds of thousands without electricity.

Severe thunderstorms struck southern Michigan, uprooting trees, downing branches and power lines and cutting electricity to customers of DTE Energy and Consumers Energy.

Buried lines are protected from common outage causes, such as falling tree limbs, ice, and heavy winds.

Some Michigan House lawmakers are responding to this winter’s widespread blackouts with a new task force.

The Michigan Public Service Commission has taken a step toward holding power companies financially responsible for unreliable service.

A few weeks ago, more than a 700,000 customers of DTE and Consumers Energy faces outages. Power may be back on, but the consequences are lingering.

Today, we got caught up on the recent public hearings on power outages. Then, how a poem by a Michigan poet will be launched to the moon. We also heard about a Petoskey perfusionist, whose job is to keep patients' hearts pumping during surgery. Plus, a conversation about emotional labor — what it is, and why we desperately need more of it.

Last week, state House members grilled DTE and Consumers Energy officials about the outages. This week, it's the Senate's turn

Michigan’s largest utility companies faced questioning from state lawmakers Wednesday over recent widespread blackouts.