DTE Energy
DTE service debacle continues
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
Supervisor threatens legal action against DTE – as outages continue
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
School bus accident leaves 1700 DTE customers in the dark
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
Another smoke screen for DTE’s mismanagement
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
Power outages – flooded streets after storm
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
Area still suffering power outages; weak excuses
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
DTE in the spotlight, again
Aug. 6, 2019 PLYMOUTH VOICE. DTE Energy is again in the spotlight for the frequency and duration of blackouts on its aging broken system-a fact mindful to the people of Plymouth and Plymouth Township who have suffered more than their share of power outages in the past two years.
Colbeck rebukes DTE in 11th hour statement
Dec. 14, 2018 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News “In my own district, the City of Plymouth has been especially plagued with power outages, even after steps to address the issue…” In what is likely a final statement before he leaves office at the end of the year, State
Weekend power outages strike downtown area
Sep. 10, 2018 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News Don Howard Staff Writer DTE reported power outages in downtown Plymouth this weekend both during and after the Plymouth Fall Festival. On Friday evening an outage caused an early shutdown of the event and left 546 customers in the dark.
DTE needs ‘more time’ to repair outages
Aug. 10, 2018 PLYMOUTH EAGLE. Plymouth Michigan News “We did not build or expand our infrastructure sufficiently to keep-up with the growth in your area…” Don Howard Staff Writer After almost two years of ongoing and persistent power outages, DTE Energy officials told Plymouth city officials they