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...
Many customers in Inkster will be happy to hear that tree trim crews were working throughout their community improving reliability. One specific location was just west of Beech Daly on Tobin Street in the Dearborn View apartment complex. While these apartments are...
DTE linemen and tree trimmers regularly work together to improve the electric grid. Tree trimmers were called to an Inkster neighborhood near Stollman Drive and Biltmore Street in preparation for our linemen to complete a pole replacement. They trimmed excess tree...
Good news Inkster customers: DTE dispatched tree trim crews throughout your community this week to improve your reliability. One of those locations of this work was near the corner of Avondale and Blackstone across from Westwood Park. Our crews carefully and safely...
DTE crews were on Biltmore Street and Stollman Drive repairing equipment and restoring an Inkster neighborhood’s power after a utility pole caught on fire. Crews performed what is called a “temporary fix” on the pole to reenergize homes as soon as...
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...
