by Alina Zhuravel | Jan 31, 2022 | Detroit - District 6, Downtown Midtown Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
Recently, a DTE crew was in Detroit, off of East Hancock Street and John R. Street, repairing a faulty cable line that caused a power outage for local business customers. While the crew worked, customers were temporarily fed power through other nearby lines in order...
by BC Trimble | Jan 21, 2022 | Reliability Work Updates, Wayne, Wayne County
Now that we are smack in the middle of another Michigan winter, we want to help you stay safe during these frigid months. The snowy elements can be quite beautiful and nostalgic but the reality is that winter weather can create safety concerns that you and your family...
by BC Trimble | Jan 12, 2022 | Livonia, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
As the new Cadillac car dealership on Ann Arbor Rd is nearing completion, our crews were there to install a transformer and replace a utility pole. Here, you see us working to place the “padmount transformer,” which probably looks familiar to you. These large,...
by BC Trimble | Jan 11, 2022 | Livonia, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
Hello Livonia. DTE was active in your community last week doing tree trim work on Mayfield Street near Grant Elementary School. The job resulted in a brief outage in the nearby neighborhoods along Plymouth Rd. This is a common practice when tree trimming called...
by BC Trimble | Jan 6, 2022 | Inkster, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
DTE crews were at work in Inkster this week taking down an old transformer bank at the corner of Trowbridge St. and Beech Daly near Inkster City Hall. A transformer bank is a collection of equipment that changes the level of power voltage flowing through the grid,...
