by David Peterson | Mar 25, 2024 | Empowering Detroit, Our People, People
On Charlevoix Street, the crew replaced six aging poles and a streetlight that were weathered by years of exposure to Michigan’s elements. The poles are being swapped out for a new, sturdier version designed to withstand extreme weather conditions—windstorms, heavy...
by David Peterson | Mar 8, 2024 | Reliability Work Updates, Uncategorized, Your Power
Crews took advantage of the warmer weather to launch an important reliability project in Madison Heights. In the first of many pole replacements along East Lincoln Avenue, crews removed a pole recently damaged by a tractor trailer. While crews were responding to a...
by Amanda Fischer | Mar 5, 2024 | Downtown Midtown Neighborhoods, Reliability Work Updates, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
DTE crews are digging into the company’s infrastructure to help keep the power on for customers. As part of our plan to build the grid of the future, crews have been in the Midtown area since 2020 to rebuild and upgrade the underground conduit, cables and transformers...
by Amanda Fischer | Mar 1, 2024 | Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County, Your Neighborhood
Substation upgrades continue Substation upgrades will bring greater reliability for nearly 7,000 customers in southeast Dearborn and Detroit’s Claytown, Michigan-Martin and Springwells neighborhoods. We’re investing $21 million to relocate substation equipment and...
by Justin Walters | Feb 16, 2024 | Livonia, Our People, People, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
In Livonia, there are sections of the grid that have infrastructure that is over 40 years. The wires and poles that have previously supported the electric energy in the city are in need of an upgrade and crews are working to rebuild significant portions of the grid....
