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A DTE Energy truck holds up a repair crewman to restore power.
  • Detroit Evening Report
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Detroit Evening Report: DTE Energy customers sound off over power outages at town hall meeting

Jerome Vaughn March 21, 2023

Metro Detroiters blamed recent power outages on lax oversight at a town hall meeting Monday night.Listen and Subscribe to the...

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DTE truck parked outside on a stormy day
  • Detroit Evening Report
  • News

Detroit Evening Report: DTE Energy implements time-of-day rates for customers this month

Nargis Rahman March 8, 2023

DTE Energy will have a new rate structure this month that charges customers more for electricity depending on the time...

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frozen power lines
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • News
  • Politics, Government & Finance

Amid frequent outages, Michiganders question the value of public energy utilities

Detroit Today, Sam Corey March 7, 2023

Over the last two weeks, hundreds of thousands of Michiganders lost power. This was cause for outrage — but it wasn’t...

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DTE Headquarters in downtown Detroit.
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  • Public Safety

DTE Energy undercounts service interruptions on power outage website

Eli Newman March 3, 2023

Numbers displayed on DTE Energy’s website have underestimated the extent of the utility’s power outages in Michigan. Recent figures cited...

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DTE Headquarters in downtown Detroit.
  • Detroit Evening Report
  • News

Detroit Evening Report: DTE Energy offering $35 bill credit to customers without power for at least 96 hours straight

Jerome Vaughn February 28, 2023

DTE Energy says it will issue a $35 bill credit to every customer who has been without power for at...

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DTE Sign
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson

Why Michigan’s power keeps going out after storms

Detroit Today, Sam Corey February 27, 2023

Last week, thousands of Michiganders lost power after an ice storm with 20-mile per hour wind gusts froze-over power lines....

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A fallen tree limb with a single band of red caution tape around it leans precariously against a power line, overhanging a street.
  • MichMash

MichMash: DTE Energy faces scrutiny over power outage response time

Hernz Laguerre February 24, 2023

In the midst of a massive ice storm, Bridge Detroit’s Jena Brooker joins MichMash host Cheyna Roth to explain the...

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Ice covers trees and power lines in a Royal Oak neighborhood.
  • News

Over 700K without power in Michigan after ‘historic’ ice storm (Updated)

Quinn Klinefelter, Russ McNamara February 23, 2023

Update 2/25/23: According to DTE Energy's outage center, roughly 290,000 customers remain without power. Original story below. Hundreds of thousands...

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Prisoner Scott Steffes works on climbing at the Parnall Correctional Facility's Vocational Village in Jackson, Mich., Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022.
  • Detroit Evening Report
  • News

Detroit Evening Report: DTE program trains prisoners to trim around power lines

Tia Graham January 6, 2023

DTE Energy is investing in training people recently released from prison to trim trees that threaten to damage power lines.Listen...

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DTE Headquarters in downtown Detroit.
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson

A look at recent state decision to temper DTE’s rate hike

Detroit Today, Sam Corey November 21, 2022

A new DTE Energy rate increase will go into effect, but it’s not what was anticipated for consumers. DTE had...

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DTE Headquarters in downtown Detroit.
  • Detroit Evening Report
  • News

Detroit Evening Report: DTE investing $9 billion in Michigan’s economy over the next decade

Sascha Raiyn November 4, 2022

DTE Energy says it will invest $9 billion in Michigan’s economy over the next 10 years as it increases its...

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DTE truck parked outside on a stormy day
  • All Things Considered
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Report shows Detroit electric infrastructure lags behind suburbs; DTE Energy disputes race plays a factor

Russ McNamara, Sophia Jozwiak October 17, 2022

Late in August, a line of severe thunderstorms knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of DTE Energy customers in...

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