DTE understands we need a future-ready grid to continue attracting new companies to Michigan and strengthening the state’s economy. Thanks to its highly skilled workforce, Michigan is now home to a rapidly growing technology industry. One of the newest hubs runs through Plymouth and Northville Townships, which is already home to industry leaders including Adient, Brembo, Delta Electronics, Magna and Mitsubishi. This is why DTE is currently building a new substation to serve these communities. The substation supports the area’s growing technology corridor, which is one of the largest Wayne County economic development projects to repurpose a site that had been vacant for decades.
From the outset, DTE has been working closely with the Michigan International Technology Corridor (MITC), a public/private partnership set up to attract more companies to the area, on the new substation project. Substations are critical parts of the electric grid: they reduce voltage levels coming from power plants so electricity can be distributed safely and efficiently to homes and businesses. A new substation will ensure that this growing technology corridor has the safe and reliable power it needs now and well into the future.
DTE began construction over the summer and expects to complete the project in early 2026. The new substation represents an investment of more than $57 million and will include rebuilding more than three miles of power poles and wires as well as over five miles of new underground cable.
This project is one of three new substations DTE is beginning construction on this year. The other two substations are in Pontiac and Shelby Township. Together, the three projects represent an investment of more than $110 million. The company also has seven more substations at various levels of energization and commissioning across its service territory, representing about $460 million in investments.
These system upgrades are part of DTE’s plan to build the grid of the future, which also includes transitioning to a smart grid, upgrading existing infrastructure and trimming trees. These improvements will help the company reach its goal of reducing outages by 30% while cutting outage times in half by 2029.
To learn more about work happening in your neighborhood, visit empoweringmichigan.com/reliability-improvements or use DTE’s new Power Improvements Map.