by Amanda Fischer | May 31, 2023 | Detroit - District 6, East Side Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Our People, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County, Your Neighborhood
DTE crews are working hard to implement our four-part plan to improve electric service for our customers, including trimming trees, upgrading existing infrastructure, rebuilding older sections of the grid and accelerating our transition to a smart grid. As part of...
by Kate Mitchell | May 25, 2023 | Community Transformation, Empowering Detroit, Energizing Youth, Energy Future, Environment, Our People, Wayne County, Your Neighborhood
When getting girls interested in STEM fields, starting early can be key. That’s part of what makes the STEM Program at Munger Elementary Middle School special. The program, presented by the women of environmental management and safety at DTE, gave fourth through...
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 Justin Walters | May 23, 2023 | Ann Arbor, Our People, Reliability Work Updates, Washtenaw County, Your Neighborhood
DTE Energy is accelerating the work needed to create a resilient, world-class grid — and much of this work is happening in Washtenaw County. For example, DTE crews working in Ann Arbor recently replaced a power pole that was beyond its lifespan and, while doing...
