by BC Trimble | Aug 2, 2022 | Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, West Bloomfield
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 22, 2022 | Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, West Bloomfield
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,...
by BC Trimble | Jul 13, 2022 | Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, West Bloomfield
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...
by BC Trimble | Jul 12, 2022 | Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, West Bloomfield
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...
by BC Trimble | Jul 1, 2022 | Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, West Bloomfield
West Bloomfield customers will be happy to learn that tree trim crews have been busy working to improve reliability in their area. One of the places was in a neighborhood near the corner of West Maple and Inkster. This work is intended to strengthen the grid for...
by BC Trimble | May 27, 2022 | Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, West Bloomfield
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...
