by RoNeishaMullen | Sep 25, 2019 | Human Needs, Our People
No days off. Twenty-four hours a day, holidays and weekends too, 365 days a year. That’s the motto DTE gas controllers take when it comes to delivering safe, reliable natural gas to customers. From sun up to sun down, and sunrise again the team is monitoring the...
by Robin Runyan | Sep 11, 2019 | Education & Employment, Our People
This is a guest post from Mark Crosby, a Journeyman Lineman at the DTE Pontiac Service Center. I recently finished my third summer as a volunteer mentor for DTE’s Summer Youth Internship Program. As in previous years, I witnessed first-hand the incredible difference...
by Amanda Passage | Sep 11, 2019 | Our People, People, Volunteerism
DTE’s Care Force volunteers hit the streets in August across Michigan and beyond for our company’s annual Month of Caring. Not only did we increase our volunteer hours, but we had significant employee engagement. How did we do? DTE employees volunteered 10,000...
by Robin Runyan | Sep 9, 2019 | Education & Employment, Energizing Youth, Our People, People
Spending a summer vacation at your high school may not sound appealing to many students, but for 38 Cody High School students, it was a way to gain work experience, make money and get exposure to a variety of energy careers. The second year of DTE’s IMPACT...
by Amanda Passage | Sep 4, 2019 | Community Transformation, Our People, People, Planet, Volunteerism
GUEST BLOG: Patricia Tice Jarrett, Office Manager, MRWA When I tell friends about my job working for the MRWA, they are often surprised about the variety and unpredictable nature of my work, especially when I am out in the field. I have to remind them that it is not...
by Jack Reynolds | Sep 3, 2019 | Energizing Youth, Our People, Uncategorized
Educating kids about electric safety hazards is extremely important to DTE. As we strive to be 200 percent accountable for safety, that should extend to our children too. To do so, we’ve partnered with the National Energy Foundation (NEF) to visit schools and give in...
