You may, at some point, have read a reliability update or heard a DTE line worker in your area mention a ‘buck pole’ and it went right over your head. Here’s a little crash course to explain this phrasing and, more importantly, how these poles provide...
With the unpredictable storm season approaching, we recently posed a simple question to our DTE field teams: What is one of the most unpredictable things you’ve experienced serving customers? Their answers were testament to our team’s dedication to serving you. Rob,...
DTE’s tree trimming crews were at work in the White Lake and Highland communities last week improving power reliability for neighborhoods and businesses along M-59. You can see in the pictures below that not only were branches being trimmed off of the taller trees,...
The technical term for the device is a cutout. Essentially, it’s a fuse and switch combined into one. It’s a critical piece of equipment, as cutouts protect transformers from power surges and overloads. Over the last several years, these valuable little devices...
Good news Rose Township customers! Our crews were out in your community last week improving your service. The work was done on Terrace Road off of Rattalee Lake Road. We installed a total of three new poles. As part of this work, the team installed a new pole and...