by Katherine Susko | Jun 4, 2025 | Your Power
DTE is committed to reducing the number of outages by 30% and cutting restoration time in half by 2029. And we’re well on our way to reaching this goal in Westland. The work we’ve done has contributed to a reliability improvement of 85% between 2023 and 2024. This...
by David Akerly | Sep 26, 2024 | Wayne County, Westland, Your Neighborhood
DTE Energy is constructing a smarter, stronger and more resilient grid to enhance reliability. Our commitment to customers is to reduce power outages by 30% and to cut outage durations in half by 2029. As part of that commitment, our crews have been hard at work in...
by Justin Walters | Sep 6, 2023 | Our People, People, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County, Your Neighborhood, Your Power
Our four-point plan to build a more reliable grid is underway. With this plan, we are increasing our tree trimming efforts, updating our existing infrastructure, rebuilding the oldest sections of our grid, and investing in smart technology. Each step of this plan is...
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 BC Trimble | Dec 20, 2022 | Inkster, Reliability Work Updates, Wayne County
Good news for customers in Inkster as overhead crews were seen this week working to improve reliability in their community. DTE contractor crews worked at the corner of Palmer and Henry Ruff near Inkster Valley Golf Course. Our team installed a new utility pole and...
