DETROIT – DTE Energy customers were hit with a rate increase earlier this year and now hundreds of thousands are entering their fourth day without power after severe storms moved through Metro Detroit.
At the time DTE Energy said the rate increase would help fund tree trimming maintenance. Following the storms on Friday and Saturday DTE Energy said fallen trees were the biggest reason for power outages.
Since 2016 DTE Energy said it has been spending up to $200 million a year on trimming trees.
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