by Marquia Mann | Nov 3, 2021 | Rochester Hills
Our crews were out working in Rochester again this week transferring electric equipment to a newly installed pole in the area. The job consisted of rerouting primary and secondary power lines to the new pole, as well as a transformer. The new pole was needed due to...
by Marquia Mann | Nov 3, 2021 | Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Detroit - District 6, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
DTE has different types of crews to work on a variety of reliability projects. For the most part, our overhead crews will work on the above-ground lines that you see running on the side of the road and throughout neighborhoods, while our underground crews focus on the...
by Marquia Mann | Nov 3, 2021 | Environment, Oak Park, Oakland County
Trees interfering with power lines continue to be the main reason why our customers spend time without power. That was exactly the case earlier this week in Oak Park when a tree fell on a power line in a residential area, leaving half the customers in the neighborhood...
by Marquia Mann | Oct 25, 2021 | Farmington, Farmington Hills, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, Your Neighborhood
If you live anywhere in Farmington, Farmington Hills, or northern parts of Livonia, you may have experienced a temporary power outage on the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 21. The outage was due to a downed power line at the intersection of Ruth and Freedom which blew...
by Marquia Mann | Oct 25, 2021 | Your Neighborhood, Your Power
We get it. After we trim a tree, it may not be quite as lush and attractive as it was before we arrived. But the fact is, those lush trees with limbs too close to power lines account for 50% of the time our customers spend without power. However, in areas where we’ve...
