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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
  • News

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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DTE Energy proposed rate hike
  • News

Outages and unreliability for Michigan’s power grid could be addressed by state legislature

Russ McNamara August 31, 2022

Severe thunderstorms rolled through Southeast Michigan earlier this week, packing winds in excess of 70 mph that knocked down branches,...

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FILE — Dozens gathered in an auditorium for a Michigan Public Service Commission hearing on DTE's proposed rate increase, August 2022.
  • News

DTE’s proposed rate hike draws public outcry: ‘Our lights shouldn’t be able to get cut off for $124’

Eli Newman August 26, 2022

DTE Energy wants to raise its rates for electricity and gas — 8.8% for homes. The Michigan Public Service Commission...

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Ford
  • Detroit Evening Report
  • News

Detroit Evening Report, Aug. 22, 2022: Ford is cutting 3,000 jobs, mostly in Michigan

Sascha Raiyn August 22, 2022

Welcome to the Detroit Evening Report, a daily round-up of news that city residents need to know.Ford Motor Company announced...

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DTE Energy proposed rate hike
  • News

Michigan Public Service Commission to hold public hearing on proposed DTE rate increase

Eli Newman August 22, 2022

The Michigan Public Service Commission is holding a hearing Monday on DTE Energy’s proposal to increase rates. DTE wants residential...

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Traffic lights go dark during a power outage in Michigan
  • Detroit Evening Report
  • News

Detroit Evening Report, Aug. 4, 2022: Thousands lose power across Michigan due to severe thunderstorms

Nargis Rahman August 4, 2022

Welcome to the Detroit Evening Report, a daily round-up of news that city residents need to know.More than 100,000 customers...

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Power lines
  • News

Utility costs are extremely high in Michigan. Why is DTE Energy quick to cut power?

Russ McNamara April 6, 2022

Since the state of Michigan started keeping track of electricity shut-offs in 2013, DTE Energy has cut the power 1.4...

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DTE Downtown Park Rendering
  • Jobs & the Economy
  • News

DTE Energy Releases Vision for New Downtown Detroit Park

Marissa Gawel June 15, 2015

  DTE Energy’s downtown campus is getting a new public park. Vice Chairman Dave Meador says the utility recently tore...

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