Storms are inevitable. At DTE Energy, our teams are always working to strengthen our electrical grid to withstand the effects of extreme weather. We also have Storm Response Teams in place to plan for unavoidable power outages caused by those conditions. These teams...
Some of our customers in Southfield were out of power on Thursday following poor weather conditions. Heavy wind gusts caused trees to tangle between power lines, which resulted in the outage. A team of tree trimmers cleared the branches from between the lines, then...
Many of our customers were impacted by severe weather over the weekend. One of our crews was out in Oak Park replacing burnt wires today. Heavy winds caused trees around a power line to sway, which ultimately knocked down the lines and left our customers without...
Our line workers were working to restore power to customers in Harper Woods following heavy winds over the weekend. Tree trimmers came out to clear trees that had fallen on wires, then a crew of line workers repaired the fallen wires that were knocked down by wind...
A tree fell and knocked down a few power lines in Harper Woods, leaving some of our customers without power. Tree trimmers came out and cleared the tree, then our line workers replaced the fallen power lines. Here they are pictured checking the meters to make sure the...