by Justin Walters | Feb 10, 2023 | Detroit - District 6, East Side Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Wayne County
DTE crews were recently working at the intersection of East Warren and 3 Mile Drive in Detroit to upgrade cross arms on a power pole from wood to fire-resistant fiberglass. This important upgrade is necessary to secure the equipment on the pole against strong winds,...
by Amanda Fischer | Feb 3, 2023 | Detroit - District 6, Reliability Work Updates, Your Neighborhood
At DTE, we are committed to improving reliability for our customers. That is why we are investing more than $260 million to upgrade and modernize the electric grid in the Airport Sub, Buffalo-Charles, Gratiot Town/Kettering, Gratiot Woods, a portion of Hamtramck,...
by Alina Zhuravel | Jan 13, 2023 | Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Detroit - District 6, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
DTE crews were recently out in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood making upgrades to the electric grid. Our team worked in a manhole near Vermont and Porter streets to transfer a local building’s power source from one circuit to another. This balances out our system’s...
by Alina Zhuravel | Jan 13, 2023 | Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills, Clinton Twp, Detroit - District 6, Farmington, Farmington Hills, Harper Woods, Highland Township, Inkster, Livingston County, Livonia, Macomb County, Metamora, Monroe County, Oak Park, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, Rochester Hills, Rose Township, South Lyon, Southfield, Thumb Area, Washtenaw County, Wayne, Wayne County, West Bloomfield, Westland, Your Neighborhood
DTE is committed to taking a proactive approach to improving our electric grid. One tool our team uses to accomplish this is an “underground fault indicator.” This device takes thermal images of our underground system for the purpose of identifying a potential fault...
by Alina Zhuravel | Jan 10, 2023 | Detroit - District 6, Downtown Midtown Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
DTE crews were recently out in Midtown, near West Willis Street and Cass Avenue, doing maintenance work on our “fault indicators.” These devices, used to predict underground cable faults, are powered by the amperage (also known as electrical current) from our existing...
by Alina Zhuravel | Jan 10, 2023 | Detroit - District 6, Downtown Midtown Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
DTE crews were recently out in Detroit, near Brush and East Canfield Streets and Detroit medical Center, upgrading equipment after a cable joint failure. Our team swiftly and safely worked in a manhole to install new cabling to the grid, restoring it to operational...
