This is a transformational time for Michigan. From extreme weather becoming an everyday occurrence to adoption of electric vehicles, the power grid is both changing and challenged like never before. DTE has a plan to meet that challenge – By investing in and building...
DTE crews were recently out in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood making upgrades to the electric grid. Our team worked in a manhole near Vermont and Porter streets to transfer a local building’s power source from one circuit to another. This balances out our system’s...
DTE is committed to taking a proactive approach to improving our electric grid. One tool our team uses to accomplish this is an “underground fault indicator.” This device takes thermal images of our underground system for the purpose of identifying a potential fault...
DTE crews were recently out in Midtown, near West Willis Street and Cass Avenue, doing maintenance work on our “fault indicators.” These devices, used to predict underground cable faults, are powered by the amperage (also known as electrical current) from our existing...
DTE crews were recently out in Detroit, near Brush and East Canfield Streets and Detroit medical Center, upgrading equipment after a cable joint failure. Our team swiftly and safely worked in a manhole to install new cabling to the grid, restoring it to operational...
