Squirrel Damaged Equipment at Substation, Leaving Over 2,100 Consumers Energy Customers Without Power Monday

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Adrian, MI – A squirrel damaged equipment at a Consumers Energy substation, causing the extensive power outage in southern Adrian, and the majority of Madison Township on Monday morning…and into the afternoon.

Over 2,100 lost power at around 9:10am. Terry Dedos, with Consumers Energy, told WLEN News that by 11:50am crews were able to reroute power so that around 830 people had their electricity restored.

The full outage was restored by 2:05pm Monday afternoon.

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