by BC Trimble | Nov 18, 2022 | Farmington, 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, 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...
by BC Trimble | Aug 2, 2022 | Farmington, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates
Did you know many of our utility poles are outfitted with guards or deterrents that protect wildlife from endangering themselves and our system? They’re small, subtle features to protect small squirrels, racoons, skunks, rats, cats, birds and the like that...
by BC Trimble | Jul 12, 2022 | Farmington, Oakland County
Have you ever wondered how your power lines are protected from lightning? We set up protective devices along power lines called lightning arresters. If a lightning strikes a power line during a storm, the lightning arrester will send a high-voltage current into the...
