DTE Energy

DTE Energy Co. is a Detroit, Michigan-based utility incorporated in 1995 involved in the development and management of energy-related businesses and services nationwide.

DTE Energy's largest operating subsidiaries are DTE Energy Electric Company (formerly Detroit Edison), an investor-owned electric utility serving 2.1 million customers in Southeastern Michigan; and DTE Gas Company (formerly Michigan Consolidated Gas Company (MichCon)), a natural gas utility serving 1.2 million customers in Michigan. The two companies merged in 2001.

The name "DTE" is taken from the stock symbol for the former Detroit Edison, DTE.

Renewable Energy and Alternative Propulsion

Biomass

In May 2008, DTE Biomass Energy agreed to buy the 50-MW E. J. Stoneman Generating Station in Cassville, Wisconsin, with plans to convert it to burn wood waste in 2009. Stoneman Generating Station was closed in November 2015.

PHEV and V2G

The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC), has awarded a partnership of the University of Michigan, GM, and DTE Energy Company $5 million to study plug-in hybrid electric vehicles as a Michigan economic development catalyst, the near-term vehicle-utility interface, the mid/long-term vehicle utility interface, and the environmental and electric utility system impacts of PHEVs. The grants are part of the Low-Income and Energy Efficiency Fund, which provides energy bill assistance for low-income customers and promotes the efficient use of energy by all customer classes.