The storm blasted across the northern United States and Canada just days before Christmas, at its peak leaving more than 500,000 without power in Michigan alone. Hundreds of thousands of people in the region spent the holiday without power. Several thousand people remain without power, mostly in Michigan and Maine.
Officials with Jackson, Mich.-based Consumers Energy said they also had a few thousand people still without power as of late Saturday.
“As expected, we have had scattered power outages from the ice-thawing” Friday and Saturday, Consumers Energy vice president of energy delivery Mary Palkovich said. “We thank our customers for their continued patience and thank all of our crews and employees for their hard work.”
In the Lansing area, the mayors of Lansing and East Lansing said they will launch an investigation of how local officials and the Lansing Board of Water and Light handled the storm. East Lansing Mayor Nathan Triplett and and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero said their final report will include a review of preparation in advance of the storm as well as communication in the days that followed.