MI Households Without Power May Be Eligible For DTE, Consumers Energy Credit

MICHIGAN — Hundreds of thousands of Michigan households that lost power Monday night after thunderstorms swept across the state may be eligible for a credit on their next utility bill, according to the Michigan Public Service Commission.

The commission said residents are eligible for a $25 credit under three conditions:

• An outage of more than 120 hours under "catastrophic conditions" which include events that result in either an official state of emergency or an event that interrupts power for more than 10 percent of the utility.
• An outage of more than 16 hours under non-catastrophic conditions.
• Eight or more outages within a 12-monthperiod. Once credit is received, the 12-month period resets.

That may also include households in southeastern Michigan, where over 260,000 were without power Tuesday morning. The line of severe thunderstorms knocked out power to nearly 400,000 across the state.

Residents can apply for the DTE Energy credit here and Consumers Energy customers can apply for the credit here.