DTE Energy Awarded an $84 million DOE Grant

The DOE funding will be matched by the company and its partners, bringing the total investment to $170 million.  Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) is the backbone of the SmartCurrents program. DTE has piloted AMI in Grosse Ile and is installing new meters on Harsen's Island and in a portion of Bloomfield Township.  The program includes Smart Home which will provide different pricing levels for off-peak electrical usage, web-based customer energy usage and customer outage notification. Certain "smart" appliances could communicate with DTE to provide optimum energy savings.  As a result of the DOE funding, DTE will install 700,000 new meters, offer Smart Home technology with in-home displays and high tech thermostats to 5,000 customers, and make improvements to 11 substations and 55 circuits over the next two years.