by Amanda Fischer | Apr 18, 2023 | Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
Did you know much of downtown Detroit’s grid system is underground? In fact, Detroit has had a mix of underground and overhead infrastructure since the system was first installed nearly a century ago. As we move to a more technology-driven, electrified lifestyle and...
by Je'well Pearson | Apr 10, 2023 | Reliability Work Updates, Your Power
DTE Energy is working to provide more than a dozen of communities on the eastside of Detroit with more reliable power. We’re investing $530 million to rebuild the electric grid along East Edsel Ford Freeway. “We’re upgrading the capacity of our older...
by Amanda Fischer | Mar 10, 2023 | Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Detroit - District 6, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Your Neighborhood
Customers in the Core City, historic Corktown, Hubbard Richard, Jeffries, North Corktown and Woodbridge neighborhoods of Detroit will soon begin seeing improved electric reliability in their area. Over the past few months, DTE crews have been working in alleyways...
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,...