I'm a #DTEEnergy customer, so I'm without power on a regular basis. Like today.

Morning check-in shows they're flirting with the 90%-of-customers-have-power line. It is left as an exercise for the reader to guess which side of that line they are on, and in which direction they are trending.

Sunday's storm knocked out electricity to at least 3,000 people in #AnnArbor. #Michigan’s electric grid is rated 45th of 50 states for reliability. #DTEEnergy continues to raise rates, but fails to improve the aging infrastructure.

Do you live in Ann Arbor and lost power during the storm? Share your #DTE #poweroutage story at
https://annarborpublicpower.org/share-your-dte-power-outage-story/

Planned DTE Energy power outage in Oakland County, Michigan begins tonight: What to know.

Nearly 3,000 Oakland County DTE Energy customers will be without power for 8 hours, starting at 10pm.

Affects folks in:

Beverly Hills
Bingham Farms
Birmingham
Bloomfield Township

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/06/18/planned-dte-energy-power-outage-in-oakland-county-begins-tonight-what-to-know/

#Michigan #OaklandCounty #DTEEnergy

Finally getting stung by #DTEenergy power outage. Last summer the cut back trees and branches pretty hard, so don’t think that is it.

@slyskawa INTERESTING. When I called #DTEenergy last year to move to D1.2 they said that Time of Day was a bad choice for Distributed Generation/solar.

DTE explained to me that credits earned during one period couldn't be used during another period, so that credits banked during peak hours couldn't be used for non-peak hours.

This doc seems to support that, but says that it's still a good deal. I'm going to have to dive into it.

@george Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association https://glrea.org has a great document that says the 11am-7pm rate D1.2 is best for people with solar. 13 page report can be found here https://drive.google.com/file/d/12BHiRcVuhK9pFQ7LUTSWS7hdfbt8YGuv/view

#solar #detroit #dteenergy

On Michigan Radio, there was 2 segments about the #icestorm & the massive #poweroutages that affected 100s thousands in #Michigan in Feb & March of this year. Some #DTEEnergy costumers went w/o power for over a week. Even though they made $1.2B in profit last year, #DTE is asking for a 14% rate increase for residential customers. Reporter Nushrat Rahman talks about MPSC town halls and A2P2's Greg Woodring talks about advocating for an #AnnArbor public power utility.
https://www.michiganradio.org/podcast/stateside/2023-03-22/stateside-podcast-a-reckoning-for-dte

At #Michigan House Cmte hearing, #ConsumersEnergy & #DTEEnergy spoke the need for the state to invest in its power grid

If I let my house fall into disrepair, I dont say the state needs to fix it. You claim the transmission lines are your property, keep raising rates, cut jobs/services, & give $M profit checks to shareholders & execs! But refuse to make upgrades to the #infrastructure. Then 700K have #poweroutage for days. Then say the state needs to fix YOUR #infrastructure?

#icestorm #DTE

#AnnArbor still wants to gradually phase out burning #naturalgas in buildings, even if #DTEEnergy remains committed to providing longterm gas service. As city officials weigh their legal options, including a gas ban for new buildings that #DTE opposes, they’re now seeking to negotiate a new natural gas franchise agreement for Ann Arbor that would align w/ the city’s #carbonneutrality goals to incrementally transition to all-electric buildings.

https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2023/03/ann-arbor-eyes-new-legal-option-to-get-dte-to-phase-out-gas-service-in-city.html

#news #environment #a2zero

#DTEEnergy had nearly finished restoring power from last week's #icestorm. Now power is out for 15k in #Washtenaw and 25k in #Detroit. #DTE needs to stop doing patch jobs and actual fix the damn infrastructure!!!

#news #Michigan #poweroutage #annarbor #ypsilanti

Do you live in #AnnArbor and lost power during the #icestorm? Share your #DTE #poweroutage story at https://annarborpublicpower.org/share-your-dte-power-outage-story/

#DTEEnergy #icestorm2023

Do you know that there are still people in #Michigan without power from the #icestorm a week ago? Don't worry, #DTEEnergy will automatically give customers a $35 credit if their power was out for 96+ hours. I'm sure that $35 will cover all the food that has gone bad in your fridge or the other expenses accrued during your week long #poweroutage!!! 🙄

Do you live in #AnnArbor and you are still without power? Share your #DTE power outage story at https://annarborpublicpower.org/share-your-dte-power-outage-story/

#icestorm2023

@redcrew I just saw your post. #ATT cellular was not working. I had to go to the library for internet access.

We finally got power Friday night. I know quite a few people who still do not have power.

This was awful. I consider myself luckier than many because a friend in Ann Arbor checked up on me and lent me a backup battery to run medical equipment.

I am looking into what can be done. #DTEEnergy needs to do better and #PowerOutage emergencies need to be handled better.

I have power while so many other people around town don't, so I thought I'd pull #DTEEnergy 's 10-k for last year (which, rather amusingly, they filed yesterday).

https://ir.dteenergy.com/sec-filings/default.aspx#DTE-Energy

This is DTE's operating income for the last three years. Note that "Electric" provides the overwhelming majority of their net income, $956 million out of $1.083 billion in 2022.

Approaching hour 30 of no electricity, my house temperature is in the 50s and dropping, and the best #dteenergy estimate for power restoration remains "maybe Sunday".

Look upon my photons, ye mighty, and despair!

Hung out at work as long as possible and thought we were still dark. Was just walking home to get the car when [hallelujahchorus.mp3]

(Though it should be noted that DTE's outage center still says we have no power. So if you're relying on that, maybe check first before booking a hotel or texting your friends.)

#AnnArbor #DTEEnergy

No power. No internet. No heat. So, we’re recharging, accessing the internet, practicing French, and warming up at the Canton Public Library. It’s the best thing our tax money ever paid for.

DTE expects power to be back on for 95% of its customers by Sunday. #DTEEnergy #PowerOutage

#dteenergy line maintenance says, "Looks gewd 2 me!"

#dteenergy
That won't do a'tall.

Six AM, 12 hours with no power, and no estimate from DTE. I tend to look askance at those Ann Arbor Power advocates, but completely predicable storms like this taking DTE by surprise over and over again does not foster endearment the existing arrangement.

We have electric heat here, toilet seat was a bit, uh . . . brisk, just now.

#dteenergy #annarbor