by David Akerly | Mar 27, 2025 | Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills, Central Neighborhoods, Clinton Twp, Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Detroit - District 6, Downtown Midtown Neighborhoods, East Side Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Energy Future, 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, West Side Neighborhoods, Westland, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
Building the grid of the future DTE is building the grid of the future, one that is smarter, stronger, and more resilient. Due to the impact of our enhanced work, an increased $1.5 billion investment in the electric grid, and coupled with less extreme weather, DTE...
by Justin Walters | Jul 18, 2023 | Farmington, Farmington Hills, Our People, People, Reliability Work Updates, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
Rebuilding some of the oldest sections of our grid is part of our four-point plan to strengthen our infrastructure and delivering more reliable power to electric customers. Our underground crews were recently in Farmington Hills replacing a primary cable and pole...
by Alina Zhuravel | Jan 13, 2023 | Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills, 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
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...
by BC Trimble | Oct 17, 2022 | Farmington, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates
Customers in Farmington 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 on...
by BC Trimble | Sep 20, 2022 | Farmington, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates
Local customers will be happy to know that our overheard crews were helping improve reliability in the Farmington community this week. This work was done near the corner of Orchard Lake Road and Grand River Avenue. Our team was there helping to briefly deenergize...
by BC Trimble | Aug 25, 2022 | Farmington, 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...
