ALERT: Turn Your Heat Down
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared a state of emergency regarding Michigan’s usage of natural gas and the record-cold weather. Whitmer and Consumers Energy made a plea Wednesday evening asking customers…
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared a state of emergency regarding Michigan's usage of natural gas and the record-cold weather.
Whitmer and Consumers Energy made a plea Wednesday evening asking customers to reduce their gas usage after a utility fire broke out at a gas compressor station in northern Macomb County.
(Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP) (Todd McInturf)
In addition to individual residential customers, General Motors has been requested by Consumers Energy to suspend operations at several manufacturing sites. GM operations are suspended at the following SE Michigan locations:
- Orion Assembly,
- Pontiac Stamping,
- Flint Assembly, Flint Stamping, Flint Engine and Flint Tool & Die,
- Lansing Delta Township Assembly, Lansing Grand River Assembly, Lansing Regional Stamping, and Lansing Grand River Stamping,
- Warren Transmission and the Warren Tech Center.
The exceptions include: the Milford Proving Ground, the GM Renaissance Center, Willow Run and Ypsilanti CCA facilities, and the Center for Human Resources, as they are powered by DTE — employees at those locations should report to work.
Hourly and salaried employees at impacted GM manufacturing facilities should call their plant hotline or the following number for details: 877-464-6854 (877-GMHOTLIne).
