Residents sound off about DTE, power outages at Commerce Township town hall
About 50 people showed up to a town hall in Commerce Township Monday held by Senator Jim Runestad to address power outage concerns.
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About 50 people showed up to a town hall in Commerce Township Monday held by Senator Jim Runestad to address power outage concerns.
The Michigan Public Service Commission, which sets rates and other policies affecting utilities, said it will hold two town hall-style meetings on March 20 in Jackson and Dearborn.
DTE has touted its tree-trimming efforts; in Madison Heights, they're preventing trees from reaching power lines.
Dana Nessel joins the chorus of elected leaders fed up with DTE's response to the power outages
Customers are disappointed with the $35 amount DTE Energy is issuing in credits.
Monday marked the sixth day without any electricity. Some have been resorting to dangerous ways to stay warm.
After southeast Michigan was hit with a winter storm Wednesday, power outages have piled up in the region.
DTE Energy said 90 percent of power will be restored by Friday night to the more than 500,000 customers left in the dark due to this week's ice storm.
DTE Energy believes some of the 485,000 customers who lost power will be in the dark until Sunday.
DTE Energy says a technical issue is preventing people from reporting downed wire, outages and gas leaks on Wednesday.
DTE Energy is rolling out new rates that they believe will change customers' habits.
The storm is predicted to produce blizzard like conditions with many areas getting hit with more than a foot of snow and blasted with wind gusts possibly reaching over 60 mph.
DTE officials say they retired the Trenton Channel and St. Clair coal power plants. Employees from both locations were offered opportunities to continue working with the company.
DTE Energy released a proposal to change how the company will generate energy over the next 20 years.
Southeast Michigan 7-Eleven locations will be utilizing 100% renewable energy in the coming years.
The Michigan Public Service Commission on Wednesday ordered an audit of DTE Energy and Consumers Energy in response to the public's frustration with widespread and extended power outages.
A group of people, known as Ann Arbor for Public Power, have laid out a plan to create its own public utility.
Some people are still without power as of Friday night, but DTE Energy said crews will work through the holiday weekend until power is restored to everyone.
DTE Energy officials held a press conference to answer questions and discuss its storm response following severe weather.
