DTE Energy: Ann Arbor area power expected to be restored by Saturday
DTE Energy customers in Washtenaw County currently without power can expect to have their lights turned on no later than Saturday evening, barring further inclement weather.
30 power lines were down in Washtenaw county, many thanks to fallen tree branches.
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“Washtenaw County currently has about 15,000 homes without power,” he said. “And that’s only a fraction of the approximately 210,000 homes in Southeast Michigan.”
Singer said most of those without power are consolidated in Oakland County, but there have been outages across the region due to the recent storms.
“We’ve had a series of 4 storms in the last 48 hours,” Scott Simons, a spokesman for DTE, said.
“We were down to 17,000 without power before this morning’s storms, but now we’ll just have to re-assess our priorities and where we’re going to put our resources.”
Singer said that the company is working on a “dual track,” trying to fix the largest problems from the new storms while restoring power to the customers who have been without it the longest.
“It’s all part of putting together an overall plan that will restore power as quickly as possible,” he said.
Click here for the DTE outage map.
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Comments
Epengar
Fri, Jul 6, 2012 : 3:27 p.m.
My neighborhood lost power yesterday early afternoon. Last night they were still saying no power until Sunday, but this morning revised to say that it would be on tonight, by 11:30. You can view their outage map from any computer connected to the web. The background map loads quickly, but the layer that shows the outages sometimes loads slowly, so you have to be wait, and wait again if you zoom in. Click on an outage area to see more information, including estimated restoration time: http://dteenergy.com/map/outage.html If you have a smartphone or other mobile device that can access web pages, you can report outages to DTE Energy, and get updates on repairs, here: mobile.dteenergy.com If you have an Android phone or iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch, they offer a free app that lets you report and check status, and also view their map of outages: http://www.dteenergy.com/residentialCustomers/problemsSafety/outageCenter/mobile.html
Soft Paw
Fri, Jul 6, 2012 : 1:32 a.m.
I had some visitors from Holland over the holiday. Most of the younger ones were amused by the power lines and poles, something they had never seen in their country where lines are underground. They couldn't believe Americans would put up with power outages every time there was a storm. One woman about 25 years old said power where she lived had gone out maybe once in her lifetime. Underground lines would be a good long term investment in infrastruture as well as providing jobs now, but we can't have socialism can we?
McGiver
Fri, Jul 6, 2012 : 11:26 a.m.
If consumers wouldnt scream everytime DTE wanted to trim a tree , this type of outage would be less of an outage. BTW, underground wires are at least as prone to failure and are far more expensive.
DonBee
Fri, Jul 6, 2012 : 2:50 a.m.
Soft Paw - They were city children then, go out on the poulders and you will find lots of overhead. Enaco, Nuon, Delta and others all have overhead lines in rural areas. Talk to the people in Toronto and Brooklyn or even Rotterdam about the reliability of underground cables.
Halter
Fri, Jul 6, 2012 : 12:17 a.m.
The DTE outage map is always wrong and can't be relied on. It shows ANY outage, even if it only lasted 5 minutes. For example, it still shows (at 8pm) power out in the entire North/West area which experienced only a few minutes of outage later....meantime, it shows the whole south central area as off, and most of it is on....The power NEVER went out at my (large) apartment complex, yet it shows the entire area as out. Unusable map.
bruno_uno
Thu, Jul 5, 2012 : 11:56 p.m.
are you kidding me? they cant update the maps throughout the day? dte is the biggest, most wasteful organization of public dollars through our energy bills on projects most people dont know about....the consultants get paid millions a year and they cant update a power outage map? I came back to town expecting to have power, yet Im in the dark unexpectingly with 300 of food wasted.
McGiver
Fri, Jul 6, 2012 : 11:21 a.m.
You need a generator.
DonBee
Fri, Jul 6, 2012 : 2:25 a.m.
bruno_uno - DTE is a public company owned by stockholders - not the government - they are heavily regulated by the government. Many of the issues you are unhappy are the result of regulatory decisions that the Commission appointed by the former governor decided.
Becky H
Thu, Jul 5, 2012 : 11:31 p.m.
West Park lost power around 1:26 pm, while it was drizzling & there was no wind. Seriously, wth.
mike gatti
Thu, Jul 5, 2012 : 10 p.m.
Dicken neighborhood went out at 5 p.m. No storm just out
MRunner73
Thu, Jul 5, 2012 : 9:46 p.m.
Power came back to the Ann Arbor-Saline Road to Main Street area around 1:00 PM for an outage about 8 hours. Cable was out until about 4:30 but it is back as well. Hope the juice stays on.
xmo
Thu, Jul 5, 2012 : 9:09 p.m.
Enjoy it while you can!
Nacho
Thu, Jul 5, 2012 : 8:15 p.m.
West side of Dexter has power, agreed DTE map is not current.
getyourstorystraightfirst
Fri, Jul 6, 2012 : 1:25 a.m.
I live on the west side & have had no power since this morning...the map isn't right
RuralMom
Thu, Jul 5, 2012 : 8:27 p.m.
West side of Dexter? West is the Township, we don't have power yet!
M1687
Thu, Jul 5, 2012 : 7:54 p.m.
2 and a half days to restore power for a few downed trees? I haven't seen any significant damage reported via news/internet. I'm disappointed that they raised their rates and we receive poor service like this? On top of that, they have the nerve to call me up and want to sell me insurance for power surge protection on my appliances etc. I didn't see one crew working in my general area today. I guess I need to hire Bozo the clown, maybe he can give me some electricity?
DonBee
Fri, Jul 6, 2012 : 2:23 a.m.
M1687 - Unfortunately, as reported on several news stations, DTE sent crews to help with outages outside of Michigan. Those crews have been working 16 hour days in the heat all week. They have been recalled, but it will take most of the day for them to return. This is also true of their tree trimming contractor. DTE is probably running with 60% of their normal field crews right now.
say it plain
Thu, Jul 5, 2012 : 7:18 p.m.
What does "re-as*es" (in article text here, but the comment auto-filter wouldn't let me re-produce it!) mean, precisely? Seems like something akin to a DTE re-boot process lol...("re-booty"?), and calls up all manner of image related to how DTE might assess, and assess again, the deployment of their forces. Unfortunately for all of us.
Jack Campbell
Thu, Jul 5, 2012 : 6:19 p.m.
DTE outage map is wrong, most of the west side is out now.