With the unpredictable storm season approaching, we recently posed a simple question to our DTE field teams: What is one of the most unpredictable things you’ve experienced serving customers? Their answers were testament to our team’s dedication to serving you. Rob,...
DTE is invested in improving reliability in your area by trimming trees that may interfere with power lines and installing new equipment to upgrade the electric grid. However, there are external factors we cannot control such as weather-related events causing power...
You may have seen our DTE crews in Southfield on 8 Mile and Telegraph repairing an overhead line. They determined that overgrown trees damaged the wire. After the crew made sure that the line was de-energized, tree trimmers cleared off the overgrown branches. This...
The technical term for the device is a cutout. Essentially, it’s a fuse and switch combined into one. It’s a critical piece of equipment, as cutouts protect transformers from power surges and overloads. Over the last several years, these valuable little devices...
Come rain, sunshine or snow, the work never stops for our DTE crews. While the winter months bring less risk of outages for the customers, it does create various challenges for our line workers. As you see our crews out working in frigid temperatures, send them warm...
A DTE crew noticed that overgrown trees were pushing secondary wires together, creating a safety hazard and unstable power connection in the backyard of a Southfield home. Tree trimmers were immediately called to 10 Mile and Southfield Road to fix the issue. They...