by Shawn Wichar | May 8, 2024 | Central Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Uncategorized, West Side Neighborhoods
DTE Energy is dedicated to constructing a smarter grid to enhance reliability. Our commitment to our customers is to reduce power outages by 30% and to cut outage durations in half by 2029. Our front-line crews have recently been working on updating the...
by Amanda Fischer | Dec 18, 2023 | Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, West Side Neighborhoods, Your Neighborhood
DTE Energy recently buried overhead lines that deliver power to homes in Detroit’s Bagley neighborhood as part of a pilot aimed at improving electric reliability. Customers in this area had below average reliability, and taking the existing overhead lines underground...
by Justin Walters | Nov 15, 2023 | Empowering Detroit, Our People, People, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County, West Side Neighborhoods, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
Detroit’s increasing demand for energy is being met by our crews performing upgrades throughout the city. That includes enhancing our existing overhead infrastructure in the Grandmont-Rosedale neighborhood to help the system withstand extreme weather and reduce outage...
by Justin Walters | Oct 19, 2023 | Detroit - District 6, Empowering Detroit, Our People, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County, West Side Neighborhoods, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
DTE is working a four-point plan to improve electrical reliability and safety for all customers. The plan includes trimming trees, updating and maintaining equipment, rebuilding significant portions of the grid, and accelerating our transition to a smart grid. That...
by Justin Walters | Aug 16, 2023 | Central Neighborhoods, Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Detroit - District 6, Downtown Midtown Neighborhoods, East Side Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Our People, People, Wayne County, West Side Neighborhoods, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
As a part our four-point plan we are focusing on rebuilding older sections of our grid to improve reliability for our customers. Much of this work will take place throughout the city of Detroit. Recently, a tree fell onto a service wire, damaging the equipment. Upon...
by Justin Walters | Jun 20, 2023 | Central Neighborhoods, Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Detroit - District 6, Downtown Midtown Neighborhoods, East Side Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Our People, Reliability Work Updates, West Side Neighborhoods, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
DTE is energizing the future of Downtown Detroit with investments in infrastructure, supporting increased electric vehicle charging. Underground crews recently installed transformers that will power EV charging stations outside of a new apartment building on Rivard...
