More than 3,200 members east of Grand Rapids are experiencing a service disruption this morning due to a broken transmission pole. Of the three substations affected, crews are working to back feed service to members while the pole is being replaced.

Crews made great progress today amid tough, hot conditions. Not good news for all members, we understand, but all available crews will work through the night and into tomorrow to restore those still awaiting service. As of 8 pm about 1,400 members continue experiencing outages.

Early morning storms moved across the service territory and is affecting service for more than 4,500 members. A narrow line of thunderstorms traveled from the west and included strong winds resulting in many trees down. Crews are responding and assessing the damage.

Crews are working on 30 outages this morning that have more than 2,100 members currently without service. Crews are working as quickly and safely as possible to restore service. Outage map: outage.lcp.coop/#viewer-menu…

An update from this morning's storms, which had more than 5,600 members without service around 4:30 a.m. Crews are continuing to work through cleanup and restoration. Thank you for your patience!

As of 4:35 p.m., 53 outages remain affecting almost 800 members, down from over 7,000 overnight. Crews will work through the night and it is anticipated that all should be restored either later today, tonight, or at the latest sometime tomorrow.

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