What To Do If You See A Downed Power Line
Power lines keep the electricity flowing to your household, neighborhood, and local businesses. But, what if that power line in your backyard falls, or even worse, catches fire? What if you’re out running errands and a power line is down in the store parking lot?...
What to do before, during and after the storm
Heavy rain, wind, ice and tornadoes are all various types of severe weather that can strike Michigan over the course of a year. While the storms may vary, it's important to be prepared for inclement weather. In observance of Michigan’s Severe Weather Awareness Week,...
Ghosts, ghouls and downed power lines
It’s the season of ghosts, gargoyles, goblins, and gobstoppers, but creepy monsters and cavities aren’t the only things you should be worried about. Autumn winds and longer nights help cover up the real monsters: downed power lines. A downed power line is a power line...
Delivering better service starts with providing better information
At DTE, we’re committed to continuously improving our customer reliability and service restoration efforts. Our work starts out in the field, strengthening our infrastructure by trimming trees, installing new technology and investing heavily in the future of our...
Avoid natural gas and electric hazards this National Safety Month
As the weather continues to warm up, and we begin to spend more time outdoors, it’s a great time to take a refresher course in staying safe around electricity and natural gas – from the power lines in our yards that keep the air conditioners running, to the natural...
Staying safe around electrical equipment
Since its discovery in 1879, electricity has woven its way seamlessly into our society, providing unprecedented power and efficiency to our lives. We now use it to light our homes, charge our electric vehicles, cook our meals, stream our favorite shows, and check what...
Pianos on power lines: how winter weather can endanger your family and damage the energy grid
There’s no doubt a fresh, glistening coat of new-fallen snow lining the streets, and ice-coated tree limbs, branches and rooflines can create seasonal warm and fuzzies, and deliver a heavy dose of winter nostalgia straight to our hearts. Michigan’s natural winter...
Life threatening emergency leads to better service for our communities
Last summer, a downed wire was reported in Garden City. DTE's first responders went out with barrier tape and door hangers to corner off the hazard and notify the surrounding businesses and residences. The situation did not meet “stand by” criteria so they left....
How DTE Energy restores power
Severe storms that blew through our DTE Energy service territory Friday and Saturday caused nearly 600,000 power outages, leaving many customers wondering how we decide where to restore power first. As with any storm, our number one priority is safety – for both our...
From Lehigh Valley News: PPL demonstrates what NOT to do around live power lines
You don’t ever want to make contact with a power line.
If there’s one lesson to take away from PPL’s safety demonstration Thursday afternoon in Allentown, that’s the big one. And it applies not just to physical contact, but to digging, too.
To read the full article, visit: WATCH: PPL demonstrates what NOT to do around live power lines