by Alina Zhuravel | Dec 7, 2022 | Detroit - District 6, Downtown Midtown Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
DTE crews were out in Detroit’s Cultural Center Historic District recently making updates to the electric grid. Our team is in the process of replacing five poles located near West Warren and Cass Avenue. The new poles will be sturdier in the face of extreme weather,...
by Alina Zhuravel | Dec 7, 2022 | Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Detroit - District 6, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
You may have recently noticed overhead crews in Detroit’s Corktown, near West Elizabeth and Brooklyn Streets, assessing a pole for an upcoming crossarm replacement. DTE places a heavy emphasis on upgrading older wooden crossarms with state-of-the-art fiberglass...
by BC Trimble | Dec 7, 2022 | Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, South Lyon
DTE crews upgraded equipment on utility poles in Lyon Township this week. One pole was near the corner of Milford and Travis and about a half mile south at the corner of Milford and 12 Mile. Upgrades included new cabling, fuses, crossarms (wooden to fiberglass) with...
by BC Trimble | Dec 7, 2022 | Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, South Lyon
Our linemen were out in South Lyon this week working on equipment upgrades. This time the work was done near the corner of 11 Mile and Martindale. The utility pole you see pictured received new cables, crossarms with the main focus being new cutouts. Work like this...
by BC Trimble | Dec 6, 2022 | Farmington Hills, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates
DTE customers in the Quakertown neighborhood will be pleased to know that we had crews in their area recently helping to improve their electric reliability. Our team could be seen near the corner of Lyman and Steele working on a primary line. Our team removed some...