DTE Energy Co. - Vignette of Thomas Alva Edison - Beautiful Specimen Stock Certificate

Specimen Stock printed by American Bank Note Company. Portrait of Thomas Edison. DTE Energy, which was known as Detroit Edison until 1996, is a diversified energy corporation headquartered in Detroit, engaged in the development and management of energy-related enterprises and services across the United States and Canada. The company operates an electric utility that caters to 2.2 million customers and a natural gas utility serving 1.3 million customers in Michigan. DTE operates on both national and international levels. Its portfolio encompasses non-utility energy ventures that focus on power and industrial projects, as well as energy marketing and trading. As of 2022, the sources of DTE's electricity generation included 54.16% from coal, 18.16% from nuclear, 14.22% from natural gas, and 13.11% from renewable sources such as wind, solar, and hydroelectric power. The company's earliest direct predecessor, the Edison Illuminating Company of Detroit, was established in 1886. By the early 1900s, it shared the responsibility for commercial electric power in the rapidly expanding city of Detroit with the Peninsular Electric Light Company, which managed the city's electric distribution network.