by Brian Bleau | Apr 18, 2019 | Downed Wire Safety, Your Power
If you live or work in a neighborhood that receives electric service from overhead power lines that run between utility poles, you tap into the energy grid through a line called a “service drop.” A service drop spans from a nearby utility pole to your home or...
by Brian Bleau | Apr 11, 2019 | Downed Wire Safety, Your Power
Did you know more than 6 million car accidents – and 3 million subsequent injuries – occur in the U.S. each year? Getting behind the wheel is the most dangerous thing most of us do each day, and that’s before high-voltage electric equipment is added to the equation....
by Brian Bleau | Feb 22, 2019 | Your Power
With the prospect of a bomb cyclone and 50 mph winds likely on Sunday, DTE’s team is mobilizing to prepare for the weather system. Severe weather has been a hallmark of 2019 so far and we’re ready for another round. DTE will restore our customers as safely and quickly...
by Brian Bleau | Feb 11, 2019 | Our People, Places, Your Power
“One team, one Michigan. One team, one mission.” Those are the words of John Wagner, general supervisor, overhead and underground line crews, and operations chief for DTE’s February 2019 mutual assistance deployment to western Michigan. Wagner and nearly 70 DTE...
by Brian Bleau | Jan 30, 2019 | Progress, Your Neighborhood
At DTE, we’re always looking for new ways to keep our customers and employees safe, and to improve our ability to deliver safe, reliable energy to the communities where we live and serve. We recently unveiled the newest member of our fleet of vehicles deployed to...
