by Justin Walters | Feb 16, 2024 | Livonia, Our People, People, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
In Livonia, there are sections of the grid that have infrastructure that is over 40 years. The wires and poles that have previously supported the electric energy in the city are in need of an upgrade and crews are working to rebuild significant portions of the grid....
by Justin Walters | Feb 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
DTE Energy is busy upgrading the electric grid, as part of our four-point plan to improve reliability. This plan — which includes trimming trees, updating existing infrastructure, rebuilding older portions of the grid and accelerating our transition to a smart grid —...
by Justin Walters | Feb 15, 2024 | Empowering Detroit, Our People, People, Reliability Work Updates, Your Neighborhood
The safety and wellbeing of our customers is our top priority — this is why we are rebuilding and improving equipment like poles, crossarms and wires to better serve our community. Unfortunately, a fire broke out at a home on Princeton Street and damaged a utility...
by Justin Walters | Nov 16, 2023 | Our People, People, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
Dearborn has some of the area’s oldest infrastructure, in some cases dating back nearly a century. While the equipment has served the community well, we have been making upgrades throughout Dearborn as a part of our four-point plan to drive greater reliability and...
by Justin Walters | Nov 14, 2023 | East Side Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Our People, People, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
DTE is improving electric reliability for our customers in the Grandmont-Rosedale area by trimming trees that have grown into power lines and may cause outages. This work is important because 50% of the time that our customers are without power can be attributed to...