Consumers Energy on LinkedIn: Our commitment to reliability stretches across the state, to communities… (2024)

Meet Roberto Rincon, a dedicated lineworker out of Adrian who has spent 40 years helping to restore power to businesses and families around Michigan. Roberto says, “I am proud to be a lineworker and help people in need. I can’t recommend the job enough. You definitely will have a lifetime of memories.” His passion for the job is so strong that he hopes to keep it in the family. “I can’t twist my grandson’s arm high enough to get him to be a lineworker,” he says with a laugh. “Maybe one day. It worked out for me.” Roberto’s commitment and pride in his work are truly inspiring. Thank you Roberto for your 40 years of service and dedication!

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We’re proud to announce that the Community Food Club in Grand Rapids received a $250,000 People Award from the Consumers Energy Foundation today.The Community Food Club is a nonprofit member-based grocery store that provides qualifying households access to fresh, healthy foods. The grant will be used to make facility upgrades, purchase equipment, and make other enhancements to increase capacity to serve Kent County residents.We are grateful for the opportunity to support the Community Food Club’s important work to alleviate food insecurity. Please join us in congratulating this 2024 People Award winner!

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There are several ways you count on us to power your day. This year, we’re giving you a few more in the form of tree trimming along 7,000 miles of power lines this year. To put that in perspective, it would take you approximately 28 trips from Jackson to Mackinaw City to hit 7,000 miles.It’s all to deliver on our goal of reducing the number of power outages and restoring power to all customers in 24 hours or less, no matter the situation.

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Larry Hower, who is retiring this year, has seen it all after 40 years of service. From poles snapped like twigs by tornado winds to live downed wires wriggling with electricity, Larry and his co-workers have never come against a challenge they couldn’t handle. Every day when Hower showed up for work, he knew he would get the job done because that’s what his community needed from him. Lineworkers like Hower and countless others are the backbone of our grid’s resilience and strength, and we couldn’t do it without them.

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Michiganders count on us to power their lives - and our crews are used to stepping up in service when the need arises. But our willingness to jump in doesn’t end at our borders. Our friends in Gary, IN are about find out they can count on us, too!Today, 15 of our crews left Kalamazoo to join the restoration efforts in Gary after severe thunderstorms left many without power.

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You can help prevent accidents and service interruptions by encouraging best practices and safe behaviors when excavating. Contact 811, every job, every time, to avoid unnecessary complications.

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In the 1970s, Sylvester Thompson was looking for work after serving in the military. Not knowing what to do, he put in an application with Consumers Energy. A few days later Thompson was called back, hired as a meter reader, and the rest is history. 47 years later, and Sylvester is still happily at work providing services to his friends, family, and fellow Michigan neighbors. At Consumers Energy, we consider our jobs a calling for the greater good. To be in service of the communities we serve is why we do what we do.

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🚨 Potential severe weather is on it’s way! 🚨Summer storms are in the forecast for much of the Lower Peninsula through Tuesday morning. Which makes today the perfect time to check your emergency kits!A good emergency kit includes: 🔦Flashlight 📱Cell Phone Charger and an extra charge bank 📻Radio 🔋Batteries 💧Water (one gallon per person, per day) ⚕️First-Aid kit 💊Daily medicationsWhile you are preparing today, we are stocking trucks and staging crews so we can respond quickly if needed.

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We have aggressive clean energy goals. And you can count on us to meet them. Today, we broke ground on a 250 megawatt solar facility in Muskegon County capable of powering 40,000 homes once complete.The project will use 1,900 acres of unused land within the Muskegon County Resource Recovery Center’s footprint. This presents an opportunity for a unique collaboration between the two organizations to continue providing clean water — and now, clean, renewable energy — for the local community.

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