by Marquia Mann | Nov 10, 2021 | Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, Rochester Hills
Hello Rochester area residents! Our overhead crews were working in Rochester Hills this past week installing a new utility pole to replace a weathered pole in a local neighborhood. Once the pole was installed, our workers safely climbed the new pole to restring the...
by Marquia Mann | Nov 3, 2021 | Highland Township, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates
This past week, one of our overhead crews responded to a customer inquiry in Highland Township about a slanted utility pole. When the crew arrived at the job site, they saw a leaning pole that needed to be replaced on Highland Park Drive. The old pole had already...
by Marquia Mann | Nov 3, 2021 | Rochester Hills
Our crews were out working in Rochester again this week transferring electric equipment to a newly installed pole in the area. The job consisted of rerouting primary and secondary power lines to the new pole, as well as a transformer. The new pole was needed due to...
by Marquia Mann | Nov 3, 2021 | Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Detroit - District 6, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
DTE has different types of crews to work on a variety of reliability projects. For the most part, our overhead crews will work on the above-ground lines that you see running on the side of the road and throughout neighborhoods, while our underground crews focus on the...
by Marquia Mann | Nov 3, 2021 | Environment, Oak Park, Oakland County
Trees interfering with power lines continue to be the main reason why our customers spend time without power. That was exactly the case earlier this week in Oak Park when a tree fell on a power line in a residential area, leaving half the customers in the neighborhood...