As part of our plan to build the grid of the future, we’re transitioning to a smart grid. Through 2028, we plan to fully automate our grid by installing 10,000 smart devices, called reclosers. Positioned on top of power poles, reclosers will help us quickly pinpoint...
Crews took advantage of the warmer weather to launch an important reliability project in Madison Heights. In the first of many pole replacements along East Lincoln Avenue, crews removed a pole recently damaged by a tractor trailer. While crews were responding to a...
DTE crews are digging into the company’s infrastructure to help keep the power on for customers. As part of our plan to build the grid of the future, crews have been in the Midtown area since 2018 to rebuild and upgrade the underground conduit, cables and transformers...
DTE crews are taking advantage of the unseasonably warm weather to help improve reliability for our customers. Recently, overhead crews were working near Linwood Avenue and Glenwood Road in Royal Oak to replace a pole with one that is stronger and can better...
Substation upgrades continue Substation upgrades will bring greater reliability for nearly 7,000 customers in southeast Dearborn and Detroit’s Claytown, Michigan-Martin and Springwells neighborhoods by the end of 2024. We’re investing $21 million to relocate...
In Livonia, there are sections of the grid that have infrastructure that is over 40 years. The wires and poles that have previously supported the electric energy in the city are in need of an upgrade and crews are working to rebuild significant portions of the grid....