by Marquia Mann | Nov 3, 2021 | Inkster, Wayne County
Hello, Inkster residents! Our crews were in your community this past week installing a new utility pole after a semi-truck driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed into the former pole. The accident destroyed the pole and pulled wires off the adjacent pole...
by Marquia Mann | Nov 3, 2021 | Detroit - District 6, 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 | Oakland County, Southfield
Last week, a semi-truck accidentally got caught on some power lines while driving through an apartment complex in Southfield, resulting in downed power lines and a broken utility pole. A DTE overhead crew came out and de-energized the downed lines to make the area...
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 28, 2021 | Detroit - District 6, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
Make sure to regularly check the Detroit District 6 community page to learn more about what’s going on in your neighborhood. 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...
