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...
by Marquia Mann | Oct 25, 2021 | Reliability Work Updates, Wayne, Wayne County
Hello, Wayne residents! Our field crews were working in your community this week making equipment upgrades near Van Born and South Wayne Rd. The most critical upgrade we made was replacing an existing utility pole right off Williams St. The new pole is thicker than...
by Marquia Mann | Oct 25, 2021 | Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Detroit - District 6, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
Our reliability work continued in Detroit this past week where one of our crews was working off Grand River Ave and Alexandrine St. this week performing maintenance work to a circuit that feeds thousands of nearby residents. The crew made preventative upgrades to the...
by Marquia Mann | Oct 25, 2021 | Detroit - District 6, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County, Your Neighborhood
This past week, one of our crews arrived at their work location in Detroit to replace a utility pole when they noticed an injured woodpecker stuck to a cable wire. Chad Cratsenburg, a DTE apprentice line worker, quickly climbed the pole and saved the bird. “The bird...
by Marquia Mann | Oct 19, 2021 | Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates
DTE crews performed work in Bloomfield Hills last week to power up a new home in the area that is currently under construction. The crew needed to tap lines fed from the transformer on a nearby utility pole to power the home. In addition to powering new homes and...
