by Amanda Fischer | Nov 17, 2023 | Reliability Work Updates, Thumb Area, Your Neighborhood
We’re implementing a four-point plan throughout the communities we serve to help keep the lights on reliability for our customers. This plan includes, trimming trees, upgrading existing infrastructure, rebuilding older sections of the grid and accelerating our...
by Justin Walters | Nov 17, 2023 | Ann Arbor, Our People, People, Reliability Work Updates, Washtenaw County, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
DTE crews have been in northwest and downtown Ann Arbor rebuilding significant portions of our grid as a part of our four point plan to increase electric reliability. To do this, we are investing $20 million to install miles of new, stronger utility poles, wires and...
by Justin Walters | Nov 16, 2023 | Our People, People, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
Dearborn has some of the area’s oldest infrastructure, in some cases dating back nearly a century. While the equipment has served the community well, we have been making upgrades throughout Dearborn as a part of our four-point plan to drive greater reliability and...
by Justin Walters | Nov 14, 2023 | East Side Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Our People, People, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
DTE is improving electric reliability for our customers in the Grandmont-Rosedale area by trimming trees that have grown into power lines and may cause outages. This work is important because 50% of the time that our customers are without power can be attributed to...
by Justin Walters | Oct 26, 2023 | Empowering Detroit, Inkster, Our People, People, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County, Your Neighborhood
We’re continuing to implement our four-point plan for improving reliability throughout Wayne County, including trimming trees, upgrading existing infrastructure, rebuilding older sections of the grid and accelerating our transition to a smart grid. Crews were...