Consumer energy expands the fleet of high-tech vehicles to find gas leaks, to protect customers

Jackson, me.Present May 20, 2025 / Prnewswire/ -The energy The consumer is on the way to protect the safety of its natural gas customers this year, and uses eight state-of-the-art vehicles that examine the company's almost 30,000 miles to find methane leaks.

“We have potential problems ahead and use this advanced technology to find and fix leaks. This is important for the security of our customers, our employees and ours Michigan Communities, “said Holly BowersVice President of Consumers Energy. “We are pleased that this is the first year in which our methanic recognition vehicles examine our entire system and give us the accuracy that we need to find proactive leaks and make our system safer for all of our customers.”

The energy consumer energy expanded its fleet of methane recognition vehicles to eight last year, so that the company can search for natural gas leaks in more communities. The Ford Edge Suvs are equipped with sensitive mobile systems from Picarro Inc. that travel through the night, in which wind and other atmospheric conditions best collect data that offer a picture of potential natural gas leaks.

The energy of the consumer then sends natural gas workers to track and fix them if necessary. In one case, a vehicle found last year that a home in Gratot County filled with dangerous natural gas levels due to leakage devices, and the crews made repairs before a disaster hit.

In addition, consumer energy used an aircraft at the end of last year to examine its large-scale transmission and storage system. The measured values ​​from above could see gas leaks from their location within five feet.

“Consumer energy is one of the first energy suppliers in the United States who draw attention to the recognition of methane this benchmark,” said Bowers. “We take this seriously because we protect the planet, save money for customers and make sure that we reliably deliver natural gas over 1.8 million houses and companies that rely on us.”

Energy consumer energy has reduced the methane emissions from its natural gass system by almost 30 percent since 2012, which has reached Netto-zero methane emissions by 2030.

The methane recognition vehicles also support the company's natural gas extraction plan and ensure that its system in all weather $ 3 a day.

Consumer energy is Michigans The largest energy supplier, which provides 6.8 million of the 10 million inhabitants of the state in all 68 lower peninsula district circles natural gas and/or electricity. We take our responsibility seriously to provide this gas millions of customers who need it from us, and therefore we make our system stronger, safer and more affordable than ever before.

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