by Justin Walters | Jun 14, 2023 | Central Neighborhoods, Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Downtown Midtown Neighborhoods, East Side Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Our People, People, Wayne County, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
DTE is carrying out a four-point plan to provide our communities with more reliable power. This plan includes tree trimming, upgrading our infrastructure, implementing smart grid technology and rebuilding the oldest sections of our grid. As part of the work, we’re...
by Amanda Fischer | Apr 18, 2023 | Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
Did you know much of downtown Detroit’s grid system is underground? In fact, Detroit has had a mix of underground and overhead infrastructure since the system was first installed nearly a century ago. As we move to a more technology-driven, electrified lifestyle and...
by Amanda Fischer | Mar 10, 2023 | Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Detroit - District 6, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Your Neighborhood
Customers in the Core City, historic Corktown, Hubbard Richard, Jeffries, North Corktown and Woodbridge neighborhoods of Detroit will soon begin seeing improved electric reliability in their area. Over the past few months, DTE crews have been working in alleyways...
by Alina Zhuravel | Jan 13, 2023 | Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Detroit - District 6, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
DTE crews were recently out in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood making upgrades to the electric grid. Our team worked in a manhole near Vermont and Porter streets to transfer a local building’s power source from one circuit to another. This balances out our system’s...
by Alina Zhuravel | Dec 7, 2022 | Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Detroit - District 6, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
You may have recently noticed overhead crews in Detroit’s Corktown, near West Elizabeth and Brooklyn Streets, assessing a pole for an upcoming crossarm replacement. DTE places a heavy emphasis on upgrading older wooden crossarms with state-of-the-art fiberglass...
by Alina Zhuravel | Aug 11, 2022 | Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Detroit - District 6, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
Restore before repair. This is DTE’s pledge regarding power outages caused by damaged equipment. As long as it’s safe to do so, DTE crews will prioritize getting your power back up and running before starting system repairs. For example, crews were recently alerted to...
