by Alina Zhuravel | Feb 18, 2022 | Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Detroit - District 6, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
A DTE crew was in Detroit on Porter Street between Trumbull and Rosa Parks Boulevard building a cable pole that will connect to a new substation. The new pole and substation will not only serve more of the area but also give some current DTE powered homes a new source...
by Alina Zhuravel | Feb 18, 2022 | Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Detroit - District 6, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
On Friday, a DTE crew upgraded overhead equipment in Detroit near 16th Street and Vernor Highway. They removed porcelain switches on an overhead pole and replaced them with newer model polymer switches. Porcelain tends to break over time whereas polymer does not crack...
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 | 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...
