8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 19, 2017

Commission File Number	Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter, State of Incorporation, Address of Principal Executive Offices and Telephone Number	IRS Employer Identification No.
1-11607	DTE Energy Company (a Michigan corporation) One Energy Plaza Detroit, Michigan 48226-1279 313-235-4000	38-3217752
1-2198	DTE Electric Company (a Michigan corporation) One Energy Plaza Detroit, Michigan 48226-1279 313-235-4000	38-0478650

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On April 19, 2017 DTE Electric Company (DTE Electric) filed a general rate case, No. U-18255, with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC). The full text of the filing is available on the MPSC’s website (http://efile.mpsc.state.mi.us/efile/) under case number U-18255. DTE Electric is a wholly-owned subsidiary of DTE Energy Company (DTE Energy).

On April 19, 2017, DTE Energy posted a summary and discussion of the filing in the DTE Electric rate case to the DTE Energy website at www.dteenergy.com. The Summary is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Summary of DTE Electric's Rate Case Filing U-18255.

Forward-Looking Statements:

This Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements that are subject to various assumptions, risks and uncertainties. It should be read in conjunction with the “Forward-Looking Statements” section in DTE Energy's and DTE Electric's 2016 Form 10-K (which section is incorporated by reference herein), and in conjunction with other SEC reports filed by DTE Energy and DTE Electric that discuss important factors that could cause DTE Energy's and DTE Electric's actual results to differ materially. DTE Energy and DTE Electric expressly disclaim any current intention to update any forward-looking statements contained in this report as a result of new information or future events or developments.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: April 19, 2017

DTE Energy Company

(Registrant)

/s/ Don M. Stanczak

Don M. Stanczak

Vice President

DTE Electric Company

(Registrant)

/s/ Don M. Stanczak

Don M. Stanczak

Vice President

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Summary of DTE Electric's Rate Case Filing U-18255.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Summary of DTE Electric’s Rate Case Filing U-18255

April 19, 2017

DTE Electric Company (DTE Electric or the Company) filed a general rate case today with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC). This document provides a summary of DTE Electric’s filing. The full testimony of the filing will be available on the MPSC’s website (http://efile.mpsc.state.mi.us/efile/) under case number U-18255.

Consistent with Michigan’s 2008 Public Act 286, the Company anticipates self-implementing a rate increase on or after November 1, 2017 with an MPSC order expected by April 18, 2018. We look forward to working through the elements of the filing with the MPSC and other stakeholders.

Highlights of DTE Electric’s Rate Filing

• Fully projected test year based on November 1, 2017 through October 31, 2018. The projected average rate base for the test year is $15.4 billion, a $1.1 billion increase in rate base over the last rate case.

• Requesting a return on equity (ROE) of 10.5% (40 bps increase from its current authorized rate).

• Required rate increase is primarily driven by increased capital investments and operating and maintenance (O&M) expenses.

• The table below shows the components of DTE Electric’s rate filing.

Exhibit 99.1

	Item		Amount ($ millions)	Description
Return on and of Plant		$101			Increase in net plant of $888 million; includes infrastructure investments and reliability improvement projects
O&M		82			Increase primarily driven by inflation and incentive compensation
Working Capital		21			Increase of $260 million primarily due to pension plan funding
Other		27			Capital structure and ROE, sales and miscellaneous taxes
Revenue Deficiency		$231

DTE Electric is focused on providing clean, affordable and reliable service. The company has shown that improvements and upgrades to its electric distribution system benefit its customers with substantial marked increases in power reliability. This case allows DTE Electric to continue to make the modernizing investments needed to improve its infrastructure to ensure it is able to provide power to Michigan families and businesses now and in the future.

• Rate Base

Rate Base growth is primarily driven by the Company’s continued infrastructure investments to improve distribution reliability and ensure generation availability. The investments will be used to replace aging distribution infrastructure by upgrading circuits to improve reliability, redesigning substations to avoid system overload, and adding remote monitoring capabilities to detect outages, as well as to invest in the Company’s long-term generation assets.

• Rate of Return

DTE Electric is requesting a ROE of 10.5%, a 40 bps increase from its current authorized ROE of 10.1%.

Exhibit 99.1

	Amount ($ millions)	Total Capital		Cost Rate		Weighted Average
Short-Term Debt	202	1.31	%	1.85	%	0.02	%
Long-Term Debt	5,558	36.11	%	4.42	%	1.60	%
Common Equity	5,790	37.62	%	10.50	%	3.95	%
Deferred Federal Income Taxes	3,841	24.96	%			0.00	%
Total	15,391*	100.00	%			5.57	%

For further information, please contact Barbara Tuckfield, DTE Energy, 313.235.1018 or Joyce Leslie, DTE Energy, 313.235.3209.

* Excludes renewable rate base which is recovered in a separate surcharge