by BC Trimble | Apr 19, 2022 | Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates
With the unpredictable storm season approaching, we recently posed a simple question to our DTE field teams: What is one of the most unpredictable things you’ve experienced serving customers? Their answers were testament to our team’s dedication to serving you. Rob,...
by BC Trimble | Apr 13, 2022 | Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, Your Neighborhood
DTE crews worked last week in Bloomfield Hills to replace and upgrade three worn utility poles with sturdier, taller ones, to give better clearance from the tree line. Each pole was upgraded with new cabling and fiberglass crossarms. One of the replaced poles fed into...
by BC Trimble | Apr 1, 2022 | Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates
DTE dispatched crews throughout Bloomfield Hills last week to improve reliability for customers, including in a neighborhood on Patch Rd. across from Eastover Elementary. Arborists worked in the backyard of a customer’s home, carefully trimming trees back from...
by BC Trimble | Mar 7, 2022 | Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates
The technical term for the device is a cutout. Essentially, it’s a fuse and switch combined into one. It’s a critical piece of equipment, as cutouts protect transformers from power surges and overloads. Over the last several years, these valuable little devices...
by BC Trimble | Feb 25, 2022 | Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates
Come rain, sunshine or snow, the work never stops for our DTE crews. While the winter months bring less risk of outages for the customers, it does create various challenges for our line workers As you see our crews out working in frigid temperatures, send them warm...
by BC Trimble | Feb 22, 2022 | Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates
DTE crews installed a new transformer and utility pole last week in a Bloomfield Hills neighborhood. The new pole was also equipped with an underground line that will enable the pole to power overhead and underground systems. The work was done on Porters Lane off of...
