EX-24.4_333263 2 poa.txt POA DOCUMENT Power of Attorney STATE OF MICHIGAN ) ) SS COUNTY OF WAYNE ) KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENT that I, Lynne Ellyn, do hereby constitute and appoint Patrick B. Carey, Lisa A. Muschong, Anthony G. Morrow, Bruce D. Peterson and Sharon L. Sabat, and each of them, my true and lawful Attorneys-in-Fact with full power of substitution to execute and file on my behalf with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all reports, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, reports on Securities and Exchange Commission Forms 3, 4 and 5 and 144, that may be required or advisable in connection with my holdings in and transactions related to securities of DTE Energy Company. This Power of Attorney is in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorney-in-fact. IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereto set my hand this 10th day of May 2010. /s/ Lynne Ellyn Lynne Ellyn Witnesses: /s/ Kay C. Heil Kay C. Heil /s/ Elizabeth M. Querin Elizabeth M. Querin STATE OF MICHIGAN ) ) SS COUNTY OF WAYNE ) On this 10th day of May 2010, before me personally appeared Lynne Ellyn, to me known to be the person described who executed the foregoing Power of Attorney. Subscribed and sworn to before me the 10th day of May 2010. /s/ Audrey B. MacMechan Audrey B. MacMechan Notary Public - Wayne County My Commission Expires: 06-19-2013