by Justin Walters | May 24, 2023 | Bloomfield Hills, Empowering Detroit, Oakland County, Our People, Reliability Work Updates, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
DTE gets crews in the field as quickly as safely possible whenever an outage occurs. In Bloomfield Hills, our crews were brought in to perform an underground residential distribution repair. This project was in response to an outage in the area and our crews isolated...
by Justin Walters | May 24, 2023 | Livonia, Our People, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
As part of DTE’s four-prong plan of grid improvement keeping the power on for our customers, we have teams inspect our poles to make sure they are strong enough to support the equipment that powers our communities. To do that, we take a sample of wood and assess how...
by Justin Walters | May 24, 2023 | Our People, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County, Your Neighborhood
As a part of our four-point investment plan to build a stronger grid, we are rebuilding some of the oldest portions of our grid. Capacitors store and release electrical energy in a circuit when a high voltage is applied. These pieces of equipment are key to increasing...
by Hannah Buscemi | May 24, 2023 | Oakland County, Our People, Washtenaw County, Wayne County, Your Neighborhood
By Kate Mitchell Warm weather has arrived and with it comes all the joys of summer in Michigan. Spending time outside is both a great way to enjoy the season and manage your energy use. Play a lawn game, have a cookout or water balloon fight to make the most of the...
by Justin Walters | May 23, 2023 | Ann Arbor, Our People, Reliability Work Updates, Washtenaw County, Your Neighborhood
Earlier this year, we experienced extreme weather that impacted our customers throughout our service area. We worked quickly and safely to restore power, plus took steps to improve our equipment and make our grid more reliable to withstand events like this in the...
by Justin Walters | May 23, 2023 | Ann Arbor, Our People, Reliability Work Updates, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
The safety of our customers is our highest priority, and we are making significant investments in our grid to make our grid as safe and reliable as possible. As we approach seasons of extreme weather, we are making sure our equipment will be able to withstand the...
