(WXYZ) — As of Friday morning, more than 42,000 DTE customers remain without power.
According to DTE, 95% of customers who lost power during Monday's storms should be restored by the end of the day Friday.
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In the meantime, thousands are relying on generators for juice as DTE works to get the lights back on.
"We got a generator ourselves running really nothing but the fridge," Westland resident Jeff Palmer said.
According to DTE Electric President Trevor Lauer, approximately 1,200 crews were out restoring power Tuesday afternoon.
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"Then we have 1,000 contract crews, and we have about 1,000 engineers and first responders working on wire down coverage,” Lauer added.
For the Palmer family, the outage was a chance to unplug even if it wasn’t their choice.
"Well I couldn't play on my phone, I couldn't watch TV. That's why I started freaking out," Lillyann Palmer said.
