Michigan's largest utilities say most electrical service should be restored by this weekend after damaging winds knocked out power to more than a million customers statewide.
DTE Energy and Consumers Energy officials appeared with Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder at a news conference Thursday detailing damage and restoration efforts following Wednesday's windstorm.
DTE initially had roughly 800,000 customers without power but expects to have 90 percent of the outages restored by Sunday night. Consumers Energy officials say they also expect customers to have power back by Sunday.
The utilities say crews with about 5,700 workers are making repairs to restore electrical services, including workers who came in from other states.
Forecasters say wind gusts topped 60 mph. Snyder calls the weather "unprecedented," and DTE officials say it was the largest windstorm in its 100-year history.
