GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- Join us here at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 23, for a live chat with a Consumers Energy official discussing the widespread power outages in Michigan following the

.

More than 65,000 customers are still without electrical service in Genesee County, according to the utility company, and there are about 49,000 West Michigan customers in dark.

Do you have questions about your service or how to handle an extended outage in a cold Michigan winter? Leave your questions in the comments below and bookmark this post to join in at 2 p.m., when a Consumers official will answer questions in the comments section of this post.

As of Monday morning, more than 201,000 customers were without electricity statewide.

Genesee County has more customers without service than any other county in the state.

Neighboring Shiawassee County, which declared a

because of the storm, has more than 20,000 customers without service.

Service to some of the areas isn't scheduled to be restored until Dec. 28.