Based on the lack of progress in getting many people's power back on throughout the area I don't have a lot of faith in the strength of DTE's grid. It seems like a little rain and wind is enough to send chunks of the area back to the 1900s. Maybe DTE should divert money from advertising and sponsoring Pine Knob to making the local grid something that can take a few thunderstorms without falling completely apart.

It seems like it is taking forever, but one day a small solar panel and energy storage system will make the grid obsolete. I can only wonder what will happen when power companies start losing subscribers like cable TV companies.