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Apr. 2, 2023  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   The reliable energy charade continues   At the same time as Michigan lawmakers are scrambling to increase accountability for the state’s poor performing utilities following the lasting widespread power outages that crippled over 700,000 customers in recent weeks the Michigan Public

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Dec. 23, 2022  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   UPDATED STORM INFORMATION Arctic cold front that caused temperatures to plummet drop more than 50 degrees in some areas on Thursday is crashing through with high winds and blizzard conditions. The Arctic blast is restricting travel during the busiest week of

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Aug. 6, 2022  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   Three days after a rain and wind storm hit the Plymouth area electrical linemen are still working in Lake Pointe. Powerful winds in excess of 60 mph blew across the metro Detroit area on Wednesday afternoon causing widely scattered power outages.

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Nov. 2, 2021  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   OPINION “All those millions of dollars could be used instead to meet other critical needs”   In their latest monthly Customer Connections newsletter DTE Energy is touting the on-going construction of its newest $300 million wind park in mid-Michigan, known as

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Oct. 6, 2021  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   In a small way DTE has finally accepted responsibility and publicly acknowledged that the poor reliability and recent string of outages in the Plymouth community is the result of inferior maintenance and badly needed equipment upgrades and repairs. Until now DTE

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Oct. 4, 2021  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   Don Howard Staff Writer   Plymouth Township Supervisor Kurt Heise, upset by the frequent outages the past few months, said today he has now threatened legal action against DTE Energy after “persistent and inexplicable DTE power outages that began the week

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Sep. 28, 2021  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   Two Plymouth area schools were forced to close early Tuesday morning after a school bus hit a low hanging power line knocking out power to some 1700 DTE customers in Plymouth and Plymouth and Plymouth Township. Officials reported that an unoccupied

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Sep. 2, 2021  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   OPINION Five years ago, at an open house at the Hilton Garden Inn DTE Energy officials attempted to quell hundreds of service complaints from angry customers in the Plymouth community. Two months prior, a massive explosion and fire rocked Plymouth’s Old

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Jun. 29, 2021  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   UPDATED Once again on Tuesday Plymouth area residents were without power when an afternoon rainstorm wiped out service to an estimated 50,000 DTE Energy customers. Plymouth and Plymouth Township in particular has suffered numerous distribution-related outages and repeatedly lost power in

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Aug. 28, 2019  PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News   Plymouth Township, Northville Township and Plymouth city residents were once again subjected to power outages this week, despite repeated promises of improvements in both equipment and service from DTE. Most of Plymouth Township Lake Pointe Village, known for frequent storm related

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