by Alina Zhuravel | Apr 14, 2022 | Central Neighborhoods, Detroit - District 6, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
As the 1-94 expressway is being expanded in Detroit, DTE is making sure the construction project doesn’t impact the community’s electric service. A DTE crew worked in a manhole on the corner of Cass Avenue and Burroughs Street. This is part of the crew’s process to...
by Alina Zhuravel | Apr 13, 2022 | Detroit - District 6, Downtown Midtown Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
A DTE underground crew was on Abbott Street and Third Street transferring a Detroit building’s power source from the Detroit Public Lighting Department (PLD) to DTE Energy. With this transition, cable splicers (pictured above) installed a new underground cable to...
by BC Trimble | Apr 13, 2022 | Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County, Westland
DTE crews worked with tree trimmers to improve service for a Westland neighborhood last week. The work was done at the corner of Van Born and Middlebelt. Brian, a DTE crew leader, discussed the work as “isolating a lateral.” This expression simply means our team...
by Alina Zhuravel | Apr 1, 2022 | Detroit - District 6, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County, West Side Neighborhoods
DTE crews were out in Detroit, on Tireman Street and Epworth Avenue, replacing an old damaged pole to improve reliability for local homes and businesses. The new pole will be upgraded with a crossarm made of fiberglass and metal, which makes it more durable. The...
by Alina Zhuravel | Apr 1, 2022 | Detroit - District 6, Downtown Midtown Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
Contractors, electricians and cable splicers worked together in Detroit, on John C Lodge Service Road and West Forest Avenue, to transfer a traffic signal’s power source from Public Lighting Department (PLD) to DTE Energy. With this switch, DTE has installed upgraded...
