How to apply for a credit from DTE or Consumers if you lost power from last week's storms

DETROIT (FOX 2) - Some DTE Energy and Consumers Energy customers are eligible to apply for credits from the electricity companies.

Both energy companies provide a $25 credit if customers meet certain conditions.

if an outage has lasted 120 hours under catastrophic conditions that impact 10% or more of customers, you can apply for the credit. Last week's outages would be considered catastrophic conditions. You can also apply for a credit if you have lost power eight or more times during a 12-month period.

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Customers can also apply for credit if an outage lasted more than 16 hours during non-catastrophic conditions. However since last week was not considered non-catastrophic, your power must have been out for 120 or more hours to qualify this time.