Building the Energy Grid of the Future
Recloser Installation in Detroit: Building the Grid of the Future
Powering Your Future
At DTE, we know you expect and deserve reliable electricity delivered 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The investments we’ve made to build a stronger electric grid, coupled with less extreme weather last year, led to a nearly 30% decrease in the number of outages our customers experienced and a 70% decrease in outage duration in 2024, compared to 2023.
DTE’s 2025 investment plan accelerates these reliability improvements and generates cleaner energy for our customers – all while keeping residential bills as low as possible.
Delivering Reliable, Affordable, and Clean Energy
DTE is rebuilding the grid to improve reliability.
Improving Reliability
DTE is continuing to build the electric grid of the future. In the past five years, DTE has invested more than $5 billion in the grid—strengthening infrastructure, rebuilding significant portions of the grid, replacing aging equipment and trimming trees. Our teams are in the field improving reliability for our customers every day.
Image: DTE is rebuilding the grid to improve reliability.
DTE’s Lapeer Solar Park generates cleaner energy for its customers.
Accelerating Clean Energy
The smart grid of the future will be powered by cleaner energy, and like all big transformations, the shift to cleaner energy won’t happen overnight. We’re accelerating our clean energy journey with our landmark CleanVision Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), approved by the MPSC in 2023. Projects that support this clean energy transition will help end our use of coal by 2032, allowing DTE to meet our net zero decarbonization goal by 2050, while meeting the State of Michigan’s clean energy mandate. These projects include the conversion of the Belle River coal-fired power plant to natural gas and the development of the Trenton Channel Energy Center, expected to be the largest battery storage center in the Great Lakes region when construction is complete.
Image: DTE’s Lapeer Solar Park generates cleaner energy for its customers.
DTE offers affordable payment plans and assistance programs.
Keeping Customer Bills as Low as Possible
While we invest to make these transformational changes to the grid, we’re also focused on doing everything in our power to manage our operational costs and keep customer bills as low as possible. Over the past five years, our bills have only grown by 2.4% because of our strong focus on controlling our costs and efficiently operating our power plants.
We know that any increase in bills impacts our most vulnerable customers the most, which is why we offer energy assistance programs and advocate on their behalf at the state and federal levels.
Image: DTE offers affordable payment plans and assistance programs.
Continuing Investment for Reliable, Cleaner Energy
DTE’s 2025 investment plan balances the need to invest in a modern grid that delivers the reliable and cleaner energy our customers expect and deserve with a focus on keeping customer bills as low as possible.
On April 24, 2025, DTE Electric submitted an investment request of $574 million to the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC). This is the start of a 10-month review process by the MPSC and any customer bill increase will not go into effect until the final order is received in approximately February 2026.
DTE has submitted a robust proposal that focuses on accelerating our four-point plan to improve reliability for our customers while continuing the company’s clean energy journey to meet the company’s and the state’s decarbonization goals.
The MPSC, with input from intervenors, will ultimately decide which programs DTE should prioritize. Historically, the final order from the MPSC has resulted in approximately 60% of the original request.
Investment Request FAQs
Last year, DTE customers saw a 30% decrease in the number of outages and a 70% decrease in the duration of outages compared to 2023. We must continue to invest to deliver the safe, clean and reliable energy our customers demand and deserve.
DTE’s four-point plan to improve the electric grid includes adding technology and smart devices, modernizing existing infrastructure, rebuilding significant portions of the grid, and trimming trees. The company is also investing in cleaner sources of energy. This includes converting our Belle River Power Plant to run on natural gas instead of coal, building more wind parks and solar farms, and developing battery storage – all located right here in Michigan.
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) regulates DTE’s electricity rates. Individuals and organizations that intervene in our rate case include elected officials, municipalities, business organizations and environmental groups. Over forty organizations reviewed our last filing.
The MPSC is expected to make a decision in February 2026. DTE Electric customers will see the new rate reflected on their bills approximately two weeks after the MPSC makes its final decision.
See work happening in your community using our Power Improvements Map. We also encourage you to read our Empowering Michigan blog on how DTE is further increasing reliability for our customers through our plan to build the grid of the future.
“DTE has been powering southeast Michigan since Thomas Edison brought his lightbulb to the hometown of his friend, Henry Ford. Our company roots and our family roots are here. Our future is here – and we’re ready to put Michigan on the cutting edge of America’s energy transformation.”
— Jerry Norcia, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, DTE Energy