by BC Trimble | Dec 6, 2022 | Farmington Hills, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates
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...
by Alina Zhuravel | Dec 6, 2022 | Ann Arbor, Clinton Twp, Detroit - District 6, Farmington, Farmington Hills, Harper Woods, Highland Township, Inkster, Livingston County, Livonia, Macomb County, Metamora, Monroe County, Oak Park, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, Rochester Hills, Rose Township, South Lyon, Southfield, Thumb Area, Washtenaw County, Wayne, Wayne County, West Bloomfield, Westland, Your Neighborhood
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...
by BC Trimble | Dec 2, 2022 | Farmington, Farmington Hills, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates
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...
by BC Trimble | Nov 18, 2022 | Farmington Hills, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates
As our service territory energy needs keep evolving, we are always exploring innovative, new ways to help make our grid stronger for you. One recent example is with a pilot project we just completed in Romulus, strategically installing concrete poles for the first...
by BC Trimble | Oct 17, 2022 | Farmington Hills, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates
Customers in Farmington Hills will be happy to know that our crews have been working to improve their reliability with equipment upgrades like reclosers. What is a recloser? It is an automatic, high-voltage electric switch. Essentially, it’s like a circuit breaker...
by BC Trimble | Aug 25, 2022 | Farmington Hills, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates
August has been an exciting month for some of our linemen here at DTE. A lot of hard work has just paid off as another class of apprentices graduated on August 8th. We celebrate these individuals on this major career achievement. There were 10 apprentices that just...
