{"id":802437,"date":"2025-01-21T06:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T11:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/celebrating-national-squirrel-day-keeping-wildlife-safe-and-the-lights-on\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T06:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T11:06:11","slug":"celebrating-national-squirrel-day-keeping-wildlife-safe-and-the-lights-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/celebrating-national-squirrel-day-keeping-wildlife-safe-and-the-lights-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating National Squirrel Day: Keeping Wildlife Safe and The Lights On"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reliability Roadmap Protects Critters with Animal Mitigation Solutions<\/p>\n

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\n JACKSON, Mich.<\/span>
\n <\/span>, Jan. 21, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — Consumers Energy joins the nation in celebrating National Squirrel Day<\/b>\u00a0by highlighting our ongoing efforts to protect wildlife while ensuring we keep the lights on in your neighborhood. Though squirrels may be small, their big curiosity can lead to trouble when they explore our substations and equipment, leading to unexpected outages. Annually, about\u00a08% of power outages<\/b>\u00a0are caused by wildlife, including squirrels, raccoons, and other animals.<\/p>\n

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To address this issue, we’re working to upgrade our infrastructure\u00a0to deter wildlife and strengthen the grid as part of our Reliability Roadmap<\/a>. Since 2012, we’ve done nearly 600 animal mitigation projects <\/b>so that today, more than 90% of our substations <\/b>are fully protected against\u00a0furry intruders. These enhancements include:<\/p>\n