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Consumers Energy’s Reliability Roadmap is a plan to strengthen Michigan’s electric grid and reduce the impact of power outages. Michigan suffers severe storms and experiences ice and snow, but fortunately consumers have reliable workers and even “pets” to help keep the power running.

Consumers Energy’s Brian Wheeler shares more details about how the robot dog Spot is helping make safety inspections safer for workers and how the technology is helping power line workers generate reliable electricity.

The robot dog “Spot” was developed by Boston Dynamics to perform safety inspections that would be too dangerous for employees without shutting down the system. Spot can enter high-voltage installations to inspect and collect data right out of the box, or you can use the Software Development Kit to create custom controllers and integrate data or program missions, allowing it to operate completely autonomously.

Consumers Energy also uses infrared technology, underground power lines and other technologies to generate safe and reliable energy.

Learn more about how Consumers Energy works in the community by visiting ConsumersEnergy.com/reliable.

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