If you’ve visited downtown Ann Arbor recently, you may have noticed more DTE Energy crews and trucks in the area than usual. That’s because our grid modernization project in downtown is underway. After extensive planning, permitting, and working with the local...
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...
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...
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...
DTE families in Saline are about to get a lot of new neighbors in a new subdivision being built, and our overhead crews were there last week ensuring these homes will be prepared to get the power they need. The new homes are going up just off Michigan Ave. on the...
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...
