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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-04-001543.txt : 20040106
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-04-001543.hdr.sgml : 20040106
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20040106160129
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-04-001543
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040102
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040106

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DTE ENERGY CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000936340
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				383217752
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2000 2ND AVENUE
		STREET 2:		ROOM 2412
		CITY:			DETRIOT
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48226-1279
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3132354000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2000 2ND AVENUE
		STREET 2:		ROOM 2412
		CITY:			DETRIOT
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48226

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DTE HOLDINGS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950127

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BAUDER LILLIAN
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001167325

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11607
		FILM NUMBER:		04510235

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2000 2ND AVE
		CITY:			DETROIT
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48226
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3132353690

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3200 BREWSTER COURT
		CITY:			WEST BLOOMFIELD
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48322
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4 SUBMISSION
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k Option (right to buy)</value></securityTitle><conversionOrExercisePrice><value>39.5750</value></conversionOrExercisePrice><transactionDate><value>2004-01-02</value></transactionDate><deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate><transactionCoding><transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType><transactionCode>A</transactionCode><equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved></transactionCoding><transactionTimeliness><value></value></transactionTimeliness><transactionAmounts><transactionShares><value>1000.0000</value></transactionShares><transactionPricePerShare><value>39.5750</value></transactionPricePerShare><transactionAcquiredDisposedCode><value>A</value></transactionAcquiredDisposedCode></transactionAmounts><exerciseDate><value>2005-01-02</value></exerciseDate><expirationDate><value>2014-01-02</value></expirationDate><underlyingSecurity><underlyingSecurityTitle><value>Common Stock</value></underlyingSecurityTitle><underlyingSecurityShares><value>1000.0000</value></underlyingSecurityShares></underlyingSecurity><po
stTransactionAmounts><sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction><value>1000.0000</value></sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction></postTransactionAmounts><ownershipNature><directOrIndirectOwnership><value>D</value></directOrIndirectOwnership></ownershipNature></derivativeTransaction><derivativeTransaction><securityTitle><value>Phantom Stock</value></securityTitle><conversionOrExercisePrice><footnoteId id="F1" /></conversionOrExercisePrice><transactionDate><value>2004-01-02</value></transactionDate><deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate><transactionCoding><transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType><transactionCode>A</transactionCode><equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved></transactionCoding><transactionTimeliness><value></value></transactionTimeliness><transactionAmounts><transactionShares><value>1000.0000</value></transactionShares><transactionPricePerShare><footnoteId id="F1" /></transactionPricePerShare><transactionAcquiredDisposedCode><value>A</value></transactionAcquiredDisposedCode></transactionAmounts><exercise
Date><footnoteId id="F2" /></exerciseDate><expirationDate><footnoteId id="F2" /></expirationDate><underlyingSecurity><underlyingSecurityTitle><value>Common Stock</value></underlyingSecurityTitle><underlyingSecurityShares><value>1000.0000</value></underlyingSecurityShares></underlyingSecurity><postTransactionAmounts><sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction><value>6556.1600</value></sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction></postTransactionAmounts><ownershipNature><directOrIndirectOwnership><value>D</value></directOrIndirectOwnership></ownershipNature></derivativeTransaction></derivativeTable><footnotes><footnote id="F1">1 for 1</footnote><footnote id="F2">The balance of the reporting person's phantom share account under the DTE Energy Company Deferred Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors will be paid to him within 15 days after the date he terminates his service on the Board of Directors for any reason.  Payment will be made in a lump sum in cash or, at the election of the reporting person made prior to terminat
ion of service and with the approval of the Board, in whole shares of DTE common stock with any fractional share being paid in cash.  The amount of any cash distribution from the reporting person's phantom share account will be made at a value equal to the average of the high and low sales prices of a share of DTE common stock as listed in The Wall Street Journal for the New York Stock Exchange Composite tape on a specified date.</footnote></footnotes><remarks></remarks><ownerSignature><signatureName>/s/Susan M. Beale,  Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName><signatureDate>2004-01-06</signatureDate></ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>

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