DTE is committed to taking a proactive approach to improving our electric grid. One tool our team uses to accomplish this is an “underground fault indicator.” This device takes thermal images of our underground system for the purpose of identifying a potential fault...
Our overhead crews were back in Farmington Hills this week improving reliability for our valued customers just in time for the holidays. This time the work was done near the corner of Nine Mile and Halsted just in front of the Green Hill neighborhood. Our team...
You may be familiar with the many generations of iPhones, but what about generations of transformers? Just as our cell phone technology evolves over time, so does our electrical equipment. DTE regularly upgrades infrastructure to ensure homes and businesses are...
DTE customers in the Quakertown neighborhood will be pleased to know that we had crews in their area recently helping to improve their electric reliability. Our team could be seen near the corner of Lyman and Steele working on a primary line. Our team removed some...
You may have read our previous stories about DTE crews working underground to update or repair the electric grid. These provide a broad overview on how our crew safely and efficiently gets the job done. However, this process is far from simple. First, DTE crews...
DTE dispatched crews to the Farmington area this week to improve reliability for customers. This underground contract crew (pictured below) worked at the Windermere neighborhood near the corner of Halsted and Grand River. Our team replaced five underground primary...