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DETROIT, Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DTE Energy has introduced a new interactive iPhone application (app) for customers to access a variety of up-to-the-minute information, including real-time outage information from their mobile devices. The DTE Energy Outage Center app is available from the Apple iTunes App store or Apple.com free of charge. Located at dteenergy.com, the Outage Center is a central area online where consumers interested in getting the latest information about power...
JACKSON, Mich., Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers Energy has increased its Michigan-based capital spend, keeping a commitment made when it enrolled as a first participant in the State of Michigan's Pure Michigan Business Connect initiative. Consumers Energy's initial report released today indicates that in the first three months under its new "Michigan preferred" purchasing program, it paid Michigan companies $2.8 million and awarded $71 million in new multi-year contracts. This...
DETROIT, Aug. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Gerard M. Anderson, DTE Energy chairman, president and CEO, will provide a business update at the Barclays Capital CEO Energy-Power conference Tuesday, Sept. 6. The 35-minute presentation is scheduled to start at 4:25 p.m. EDT. The conference audio and presentation materials will be available via webcast through a link on DTE Energy's website at www.dteenergy.com/investors. The webcast replay will be available and archived on the website. DTE Energy...
DETROIT, Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DTE Energy is more than halfway to its renewable energy goal with a contract to purchase 120 megawatts (MW) from a wind farm in Tuscola, Bay and Saginaw counties. The $485 million contract with Tuscola Bay Wind LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources was approved today by the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC). DTE Energy will purchase all of the energy produced at the 9,000-acre wind farm, which is enough to power more than 30,000 homes....
MONROE, Mich., Aug. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DTE Energy's Monroe Power Plant received the CET Bronze Award today for an outstanding safety and health record from the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA). The MIOSHA program is part of the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA). "We are honored to present this award to DTE's Monroe Power Plant for providing their workers with a safe and healthy work environment," said Steve Arwood, LARA...
DETROIT, Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DTE Energy Executive Chairman Anthony F. Earley Jr. will retire from DTE Energy on September 12 and become the Chairman, CEO, and President of PG&E Corporation, the parent company of California utility Pacific Gas & Electric, effective September 13. On September 12, current DTE Energy President and Chief Executive Officer Gerard M. Anderson will assume an additional role as Chairman of the Board, taking the final step in a carefully planned and...
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG) today announced that Anthony F. Earley, Jr., 62, will become the company's new Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President. Earley's appointment - the first in PG&E's history to come from outside the organization - puts the company under the leadership of one of the nation's most experienced energy executives. As head of Michigan-based DTE Energy for more than a decade, Earley built the...
DETROIT, July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE) today reported second quarter 2011 earnings of $202 million, or $1.19 per diluted share, compared with $86 million, or $0.51 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2010. Reported earnings in the second quarter of 2011 include an $88 million, or $0.52 per diluted share, adjustment to reduce income tax expense. This non-cash income tax benefit is the result of the enactment of the Michigan Corporate Income Tax in May 2011 and...
DETROIT, July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DTE Energy announced today that it will install four Plug-in Electric Vehicle charging stations at Detroit Metro Airport - part of a program to deploy 16 such public charging stations throughout Southeastern Michigan. The airport charging stations will be in the two main parking decks at the airport - two on the eighth floor of the McNamara Terminal parking deck and two on the fourth floor of the Big Blue Deck by the North Terminal. There will be no...
NEWPORT, Mich., July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant today notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that it intends to apply for renewal of Fermi 2's operating license. The current license expires in 2025; the renewal would permit the plant to operate an additional 20 years. "Fermi 2 has produced safe, clean, reliable power for the past 23 years, and we want to continue serving the needs of southeast Michigan with our energy," Joe Plona, Fermi 2 site vice...
