DTE overhead crews were working in West Bloomfield, and that work included upgrading a utility pole near Woodpecker Lake. The work was done near the corner of Arrowhead and Glen Eagles in the Sagamore Estates subdivision. Our team replaced an old, damaged pole with a...
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...
It was beautiful weather all week as tree trimmers worked throughout the West Bloomfield area improving the electrical grid for our customers. One of those places was near the corner of Green Lake Road and Evershed Drive. Our teams worked to remove overgrown branches...
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...
More upgrades were installed this week in West Bloomfield. This time in the Woods of Orchard Lake neighborhood near the corner of Green Lake Road and Commerce. Our overhead crew replaced a weathered, utility pole with a much taller and stronger one. While doing so,...
West Bloomfield customers will be happy to know that DTE crews were recently at work in their community making reliability upgrades to the system. In a project stretching over several days, our overhead crews upgraded cross arms (from wooden to fiberglass), connectors...