Investments Building Stronger and Smarter Energy
Grid
JACKSON, Mich.,
Dec. 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- With less than two weeks to go
in 2024, Consumers Energy crews are completing the last of 1,350
major projects that support the company's Reliability Roadmap to
keep the lights on for Michigan.
"We know our friends and neighbors are expecting us to do more
to build a smarter and stronger electric grid, and our work this
year has focused on doing just that," said Greg Salisbury, Consumers Energy's vice
president of electric grid design. "The numbers tell the story:
we're upgrading our system to make sure nearly 2 million homes and
businesses experience fewer and shorter power outages."
Consumers Energy is spending $63.5
million combined on the 1,350 projects, part of a more than
$1 billion investment to strengthen
the electric grid.
Other numbers that tell the Reliability Roadmap story for
2024:
- 25,800 - Miles of overhead low-voltage power lines that
were inspected.
- 7,000 – Miles of power lines where trees, limbs and
branches were cleared.
- 177,000 – Number of customers who avoided power outages
due to inspections carried out by helicopter.
- 100 – Number of new ATRs (automatic transfer reclosers),
a technology that works like traffic lights, helping limit the
frequency and length of power outages.
- 10 -- Miles of overhead electric lines being buried to
prevent outages due to severe weather and vegetation. Consumers
Energy plans to bury some 35 miles of lines in 2025.
"We're building an electric grid that stands up to even more
severe weather helps ensure more reliable power for the people who
count on us," said Chris Laird,
Consumers Energy's vice president of electric distribution. "We'll
continue doing even more of this important work next year to reach
our goal of restoring power to all customers, in all situations, in
less than 24 hours."
Other tactics in the Reliability Roadmap include, infrared
cameras, more durable iron poles and even a robotic dog.
Consumers Energy is Michigan's
largest energy provider, providing natural gas and/or electricity
to 6.8 million of the state's 10 million residents in all 68 Lower
Peninsula counties. Consumers Energy knows job number one is to
keep the lights on for customers. We are committed to delivering
reliable, clean, and affordable energy to our customers
24/7.
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ConsumersEnergy.com.
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