06/19/2026
It was all hands on deck in Wykoff the evening of May 6 as 24 MiEnergy lineworkers shutdown power to the city for about four hours to change out five poles. The poles were found to be deteriorated during routine inspection. While crews oftentimes work on energized lines to prevent planned outages, this particular job would have been difficult to complete safely due to dead-end conductor attachments. A single night-time outage helped minimize impact to businesses and members working during normal business hours.
With the poles spread throughout town, attempting to complete the work with multiple smaller outages would have resulted in several businesses and members experiencing repeated interruptions to their electric service. Projects like these require significant planning and coordination between line crews, staff, the local community and communication providers to ensure the work is completed safely and efficiently.
