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...
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...
Customers in Oak Park 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...
Oak Park residents may have recently noticed an orange “workers ahead” sign placed near Jerome Street and Oak Park Boulevard. This signifies that tree trimmers were in your neighborhood working to improve your reliability. Our team trimmed multiple tree limbs back...
Tree trimming crews worked in the backyard of an Oak Park home, near Dante Street and Northfield Boulevard, to improve the neighborhood’s power reliability during future storms. Our team is pictured above cleaning up tree debris after removing branches that have grown...
Tree trimmers were recently hard at work in Oak Park near Moritz Street and Oak Park Boulevard. In the photo above, you can see our team carrying overgrown branches previously trimmed back from overhead power lines. Tree maintenance reduces the frequency of outages...
