After a major storm, it can take the DTE Energy Storm Response Teams several hours to analyze the extent of damage and develop restoration schedules. There are detailed steps we must take before we can provide restoration estimates to customers, the first being damage...
You may have seen DTE Energy trucks in your neighborhood and wondered what they were working on. This curiosity becomes much more urgent when your power is out. Rest assured, our Storm Response Teams are hard at work to restore your power as quickly and safely as...
At DTE Energy, our teams live and work in the neighborhoods we serve. We understand how frustrating it is to be without power because we feel it, too. Although we work 24/7 to keep your lights on, there are times when circumstances beyond DTE’s control cause the power...
Our DTE crews have been working around the clock in the wake of a high wind storm last weekend, and one of those places is in Livonia at the corner of Farmington and 7 Mile. Saturday’s storm had blown a utility pole almost completely over into the parking lot of...
Last year was stormy in Southeast Michigan. Our region was hit with more than a dozen storms — four of those were considered volatile with winds reaching over 50 mph. In fact, the winds from the storm in November 2020 were similar to March of 2017. You may remember,...
