Consumers Energy to Perform Overnight Substation Work to Improve Electric Service in Shiawassee County

Shiawassee County, Mich. Friday, August 21, 2026

Consumers Energy will upgrade its Venice substation serving customers in parts of Shiawassee County, Lennon City and Venice Township. The upgrades will help reduce interruptions and improve reliability for customers in the community.

The overnight work will temporarily affect about 1,350 customers in the area at 11 p.m. Thursday, August 27 for about 8 hours until approximately 7 a.m. Friday, August 28.

The work will impact residents and businesses located in the following general areas:

• From Lennon, east along Lennon Road to Nichols Road and south and east along McEnrue Road to I-69, and west to County Line Road.
• From Lennon, west along Lennon Road to just east of S. Reed Road south and east to I-69 and north and east along County Line Road back to Lennon.

“Consumers Energy continues to work to secure the grid by making necessary upgrades to our electrical system,” said Steve Herrygers, executive director of high voltage distribution. “We appreciate the patience of our valued customers in Shiawassee County while our crews work to upgrade our substation to ensure families and businesses can count on us every hour of every day.”

Postcards have been mailed to affected customers in the area. Customers are also encouraged to sign up for outage alerts at ConsumersEnergy.com/alerts to receive updates on their scheduled outage and any changes to the planned work.

Consumers Energy often schedules work like this overnight, when many people are asleep, to minimize disruptions to businesses or other activities.

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Consumers Energy Media Contact: Megan Kirk,947-957-3982 or megan.d.kirk@cmsnenergy.com.