Detroit Edison Signs Renewable Energy Agreement . . . Its First Under New State Law

U.S. Newswire, May, 2009

To: STATE EDITORS

Contact: Len Singer, 1-313-235-8809; or Lorie N. Kessler, 1- 313-235-8807, both of DTE Energy

DETROIT, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Detroit Edison has entered into a 20-year agreement with Michigan-based Heritage Sustainable Energy to purchase wind power and renewable energy credits that will be used to help the utility meet the states renewable portfolio standard.

The agreement is the first signed by Detroit Edison following passage last fall of a new state law that requires Michigans electric utilities to provide 10 percent of their power from renewable resources by 2015.

This is the first of many agreements we will be signing to provide renewable energy to our customers, said Tony Earley, chairman and CEO of DTE Energy, parent company of...

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