How do trees impact power reliability during inclement weather? Heavy storms can cause branches to get tangled up with overhead power lines, creating electrical disruptions. Tree trimmers are essential to improving our services and your reliability. Recently, crews worked in a Huntington Woods neighborhood, near Vernon Avenue and Newport Boulevard, to trim branches that had grown dangerously close to DTE electric infrastructure. Next time inclement weather strikes, this work will help keep power flowing for Oak Park and surrounding communities.
In late 2021, DTE made a $90 million investment to accelerate tree trimming efforts across the communities it serves, helping prevent outages during heavy storms. You can read more about that initiative here. Highlights include:
- Accelerating tree trimming work for communities hardest hit by storms last fall
- Increasing our tree trim workforce by 30%
- Trimming 5,700 miles of trees near power lines — more than the distance from Detroit to Hawaii — in the last year alone
If trees are creating a safety hazard near your home, please report it to DTE here. We prioritize safety concerns based on the severity of the hazard.