by Hayley Orzech | Mar 30, 2026 | Arts & Culture, Community Transformation, Detroit - District 6, East Side Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Energy Future, Environment, People, Places, Planet, Uncategorized, Wayne County, West Side Neighborhoods, Your Neighborhood
In 1976, Cassandra Thomas made a sweet potato cookie to satisfy her new husband Jeffery’s sweet tooth, and in doing so, she created a legacy. In 1987, the Thomases debuted Cassandra’s sweet potato cookies at the Rosedale Park 30 Block Yard Sale. Within just...
by David Akerly | Jan 5, 2026 | Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills, Central Neighborhoods, Clinton Twp, Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Detroit - District 6, Downtown Midtown Neighborhoods, East Side Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Energy Future, Farmington, Farmington Hills, Harper Woods, Highland Township, Inkster, Livingston County, Livonia, Macomb County, Metamora, Monroe County, Oak Park, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, Rochester Hills, Rose Township, South Lyon, Southfield, Thumb Area, Washtenaw County, Wayne, Wayne County, West Bloomfield, West Side Neighborhoods, Westland, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
Building the grid of the future DTE is building the grid of the future, one that is smarter, stronger, and more resilient. DTE customers experienced a nearly 70% improvement in time spent without power between 2023 and 2024. Additionally, we expect another...
by David Akerly | Mar 1, 2025 | Central Neighborhoods, Detroit - District 6, East Side Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County, West Side Neighborhoods, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
DTE Energy is working to provide customers with the power they need and reliability they deserve. That’s why the company has been modernizing and updating the grid extensively in Detroit and other nearby cities, like Highland Park and Grosse Pointe, since 2018. But...
by David Akerly | Feb 21, 2025 | Empowering Detroit, West Side Neighborhoods
DTE Energy continues its efforts toward building a stronger grid. This work brought our crews to the corner of Keeler Street and Chapel Street in Detroit, in the Brightmoor neighborhood. Here, our crews are in the middle of upgrading all of the power poles in this...
by David Akerly | Feb 14, 2025 | Empowering Detroit, West Side Neighborhoods
DTE Energy’s priority is to build a stronger, more reliable grid. One way we accomplish this is by having our front-line crews in the field every day, looking for equipment that may be due for an upgrade. In Detroit, at the corner of Dolphin Street and Pilgrim...
by Katherine Susko | Nov 14, 2024 | Empowering Detroit, West Side Neighborhoods
DTE Energy is dedicated to constructing a smarter, stronger and more resilient grid to enhance reliability. Our commitment to customers is to reduce power outages by 30% and to cut outage durations in half by the end of 2029. We will achieve this by building the...
