by David Akerly | Sep 20, 2023 | Empowering Detroit, Oakland County, Uncategorized, Washtenaw County, Wayne County
Does DTE bury power lines? Since 1970, DTE has installed its lines underground during the construction phase of all new subdivisions and other construction projects where possible. In fact, one-third of our infrastructure is underground. Relocating existing...
by Justin Walters | Sep 19, 2023 | Ann Arbor, Our People, People, Reliability Work Updates, Uncategorized, Washtenaw County, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
To support our four-point plan we are taking steps to implement smart grid technology throughout our service territory to improve reliability for our customers. In short, transitioning to a ‘smart grid’ means focusing on automation to isolate outages and providing our...
by Justin Walters | Sep 14, 2023 | Ann Arbor, Our People, People, Reliability Work Updates, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
To support our four-point plan to improve reliability, we are taking steps to implement smart grid technology throughout our service territory. Our transition to a smart grid focuses on automation to isolate outages and provide our field crews with specific damage...
by Justin Walters | Aug 24, 2023 | Ann Arbor, Our People, People, Reliability Work Updates, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
Our four-point plan is underway to strengthen electrical reliability for our customers. This work includes tree trimming to reduce outages, updating our existing infrastructure, accelerating our transition to a smart grid and rebuilding the oldest portions of our...
by Amanda Fischer | Jul 14, 2023 | Ann Arbor
DTE has been implementing a four-point plan to improve our electric grid, including trimming trees, upgrading infrastructure, rebuilding older sections of the grid and accelerating our transition to a smart grid. Crews have been rebuilding the infrastructure that...
by Justin Walters | Jul 5, 2023 | Ann Arbor, Our People, People, Reliability Work Updates, Washtenaw County, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
As a part of our four-point plan to provide Southeast Michigan with the grid of the future, we are upgrading equipment across our electric service territory. That includes replacing overhead power lines and other equipment to make our system more resilient. Overhead...