by Justin Walters | Jun 29, 2023 | Our People, People, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
DTE Energy’s four-point plan is underway across our service area. This plan includes rebuilding sections of the grid, upgrading existing infrastructure, taking steps toward transitioning to a smart grid and trimming trees. Recently, our crews were in Plymouth and...
by Justin Walters | Jun 7, 2023 | Our People, People, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
DTE has a four-point plan to improve electric reliability for customers, including trimming trees, upgrading existing infrastructure, rebuilding older sections of the grid and accelerating our transition to smart grid technology. As a part of our efforts to strengthen...
by Alina Zhuravel | Jan 13, 2023 | Corktown, Southwest Neighborhoods, Detroit - District 6, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
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...
by Alina Zhuravel | Jan 13, 2023 | Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills, Clinton Twp, Detroit - District 6, Farmington, Farmington Hills, Harper Woods, Highland Township, Inkster, Livingston County, Livonia, Macomb County, Metamora, Monroe County, Oak Park, Oakland County, Reliability Work Updates, Rochester Hills, Rose Township, South Lyon, Southfield, Thumb Area, Washtenaw County, Wayne, Wayne County, West Bloomfield, Westland, Your Neighborhood
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...
by Alina Zhuravel | Jan 10, 2023 | Detroit - District 6, Downtown Midtown Neighborhoods, Empowering Detroit, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
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...
