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New Weather Stations Help Consumers Energy Restore Power Faster, Improve Safety, and Reduce Storm Costs
Consumers Energy expects to better predict outages and respond to storms with new company-owned weather stations across Michigan, providing more precise, real-time data directly from the electric grid.
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