by BC Trimble | Oct 17, 2022 | Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, Rochester Hills
Customers in Rochester 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 on...
by BC Trimble | Aug 25, 2022 | Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, Rochester Hills
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 | Jul 12, 2022 | Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, Rochester Hills
Overhead crews were upgrading equipment in a Rochester neighborhood this week. Our team replaced an old utility pole and upgraded the cross arms, cutouts and a transformer on Helen Avenue between Fairview and First, near Ascension Providence Hospital. These...
by BC Trimble | Jul 1, 2022 | Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, Rochester Hills
Tree trim crews were busy this week working to improve reliability for customers living in Bloomfield Township, Rochester Hills and Auburn Hills. The work pictured below was done along Ashover Road — crews worked along Winchcombe and Ledbury as well. This work will...
by BC Trimble | Jul 1, 2022 | Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, Rochester Hills
We have good news for customers living in Rochester. Our team was in your area this week working to improve your reliability. Overhead crews upgraded an exhausted utility pole near the corner of Production Drive and West Hamlin Road. The crew installed a cable pole,...
by BC Trimble | May 26, 2022 | Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, Rochester Hills
DTE crews have been doing many upgrades to our infrastructure, and one of the reoccurring improvements is installing and “framing” new utility poles to boost power reliability to homes and businesses. But what if we told you that framing of poles holding...
