Wyoming
Tap failure knocks out power to thousands in Wyoming, Grandville, Byron Township
UPDATE: According to the Consumers Energy outage map, all power was restored around 5 p.m.
WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — Thousands of people in southwestern Kent County lost power Monday morning.
The Consumers Energy interactive power map showed a cluster of outages in the area, all of which were first reported around 10:55 a.m. The outages were located in the Grandville, Wyoming and Byron Township areas. In total, around 10,000 customers were without power as of 11:20 a.m., according to the map.
The outage was initially thought to be caused by a transmission line from ITC Michigan, but crews were able to determine the outage was the result of a tap failure that connects the ITC line to Consumers Energy substations.
Three substations were impacted by the outage. As of 2:30 p.m., crews had restored two of the substations and continue their work to get everyone back online. Approximately 5,600 customers remained without power as of 3:30 p.m.