Exhibit 16.1

	Deloitte & Touche LLP
	600 Renaissance Center
	Suite 900
	Detroit, MI 48243
March 5, 2009	USA
	Tel: 313-396-3000
	Fax: 313-396-3618
	www.deloitte.com

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C.   20549-7561

Dear Sirs/Madams:

We have read Item 4.01 of the Form 8-K/A (Amendment No. 1) dated September 25, 2008 of DTE Energy Company and The Detroit Edison Company, and we agree with the statements made therein.

Yours truly,

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP