Snow, wind cutting electricity to UP homes

MARQUETTE, MI— Thousands of Upper Peninsula residents are without power as a late spring snow storm pounds the Western and Central U.P. Monday.

Here are the reported outages in the Upper Peninsula as of 10:30 a.m. EDT:

• Alger Delta Cooperative Electric Association – 161
• Cloverland Electric – 3
• Marquette Board of Light and Power – 398
• UPPCO – 4,572
• WE Energies – 2,490

Wet, heavy snow is expected to continue into Tuesday morning and winds in the Keweenaw are gusting up to 55 miles per hour. That’s expected to bring small trees and branches down onto power lines.

Utility officials remind residents never to touch a downed power line or clear branches away from one. Always consider a downed line to be energized.