When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Montcalm County, MI?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Montcalm County, MI right now.
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Elsewhere in Michigan: 3,480 customers reported out — statewide status.
Updated 3:31 AM EDT.
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Who serves Montcalm County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Consumers Energy, Great Lakes Energy Cooperative, Michigan Electric Cooperatives ↗ and DTE Electric, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Montcalm County, MI
⚡ Power here was restored about 33 hours ago — the outage peaked at 8,484 customers.
Last significant outage: Oct 2, 2026 — peaked at 8,484 customers, restored in ~4.7 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 10 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3.8 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 22, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Montcalm County, MI
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 513 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 2 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~3.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~15,525 customers out in February 2023, restored after about 3.4 days. The busiest year on record here was 2019.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.
Communities covered

Communities in Montcalm County include Greenville, Howard City, Stanton, Edmore, Carson City, Lakeview, Sheridan and McBride. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Montcalm County, MI?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Montcalm include Consumers Energy, Great Lakes Energy Cooperative, Michigan Electric Cooperatives and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

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