Name: Beaver Island residents report Great Lakes Energy power-line response, 2026
Start: 2026-01-09
End: 2026-01-09
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island residents report Great Lakes Energy power-line response, 2026

Also GLE Beaver Island tree and power line response January 2026

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TypeEvent

Date2026-01-09

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 2026-01-09
Kind: Utility response
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: utilitiespublic-servicecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

On January 9, 2026, a Beaver Island resident publicly thanked Great Lakes Energy and county personnel after a fallen tree brought down a power line and service was restored.

Evidence limits

The forum preserves a resident’s account of a localized response. It does not substitute for a Great Lakes Energy incident record or establish outage scope, duration, or restoration time.

Sources

BradG, “Thanks GLE and our county guys!,” Beaver Island Forum, January 9, 2026, topic 18670.
A resident reported that a fallen tree took out a power line across a driveway and thanked county personnel and Great Lakes Energy for standing by a live wire and restoring service. This is a first-person community account, not a utility outage report; it does not establish the outage duration, location, cause, or number of customers affected.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018670

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island residents report Great Lakes Energy power-line response, 2026”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-great-lakes-energy-power-line-response-2026/, accessed [date], citing BradG, “Thanks GLE and our county guys!,” Beaver Island Forum, January 9, 2026, topic 18670..

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