HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Great Lakes Energy customers are feeling the effects of a second round of damaging wind and rain storms, which caused more outages. Currently, over 8,100 members in 13 counties are still without power, according to GLE officials.
Most of the damage caused by the storm is in parts of Lake, Oceana, and Osceola counties. Allegan County has 440 outages affecting 3,488 customers, according the outage map as of 4:25 p.m. July 20, 2019.
All available Great Lakes Energy crews assisted by contract crews are working to restore power, according to company officials. Restoration progress depends weather conditions as the second line of storms has hindered efforts and storms are expected to continue throughout the evening. Company officials anticipate restorations efforts for some areas will continue into Sunday.
Great Lakes Energy officials remind members to stay away from downed power lines and also stay clear of trees and limbs hanging on the lines. Current outage information by counties and zip codes is updated on the Great Lakes Energy website, www.gtlakes.com, by visiting Storm Central.
Great Lakes Energy members can report their power outage online, on the Great Lakes Energy app or by calling (888) 485-2537.
