DTE Energy : Official notification to shareholders of matters to be brought to a vote ("Proxy")

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LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS

Dear Fellow Shareholders,

We invite you to attend our company's annual meeting of shareholders, which will be held on May 9, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona. Please see page 69 for details on attending.

2018 was a year of great progress on many fronts for DTE Energy, driven by the energy and focus of our 10,000 dedicated employees.

Topping the list is our safety performance. Our employees' commitment to working safely and watching out for the safety of their coworkers and the public resulted in DTE leading our industry in preventing severe injuries. That stellar performance is only possible when employees are fully engaged in their work, which was confirmed by engagement surveys that ranked DTE's employees in the top four percent across all industries worldwide.

Our employees also delivered on our commitment to our customers and communities. In addition to making significant progress in our ongoing work to modernize our energy grid and gas distribution system while keeping our customers' bills affordable, we also made landmark progress toward achieving our goal of reducing carbon emissions by more than 80 percent by 2050. In March 2018 DTE announced plans to double its renewable energy generation by investing more than $1.7 billion by 2022. And, in August, we took our single largest step toward reducing emissions when we broke ground on the Blue Water Energy Center, a state-of-the-art natural gas-fueled power plant that will come on line in 2022 as we retire multiple coal-fired plants.

In addition to delivering for our customers, we produced record results for you, our shareholders. After raising our earnings guidance twice during the year, we achieved record operating earnings of $1.1 billion, up 14 percent versus 2017.

Our operational and financial strength gives us the opportunity to look beyond the walls of our company to the role we aspire to play in building healthy, strong and sustainable communities. DTE is working to harness the economic engine of the private sector to the task of revitalizing our neighborhoods, strengthening our local economies, and preparing our youth to succeed in the workforce. One standout accomplishment in this area is that more than 50 percent of our employees spent hours volunteering in our communities, including thousands of hours of skills-based volunteerism, where employees apply skills gained from their work at DTE to community projects and organizations.

Thank you for your continued investment in DTE Energy.

James B. Nicholson

Gerard M. Anderson

Lead Independent Director

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

DTE Energy Company One Energy Plaza Detroit, Michigan 48226

2019 Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement

Meeting Date:	Time:	Location:
Thursday, May 9, 2019	8:00 a.m. Mountain Standard Time	Arizona Biltmore Hotel 2400 East Missouri Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85016

We invite you to attend the annual meeting of DTE Energy Company.

Agenda:

• 1. Elect eleven directors;

• 2. Ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2019;

• 3. Provide an advisory vote to approve executive compensation;

• 4. Vote on shareholder proposals, if properly presented, to require an independent board chairman and to require additional disclosure of political contributions; and

• 5. Consider any other business that may properly come before the meeting.

Only shareholders of record at the close of business on March 12, 2019, the record date for this meeting, or their representatives authorized by proxy may attend or vote at the meeting.

This 2019 Notice of Annual Meeting, as well as the accompanying proxy statement and proxy card, will be first sent or given to our shareholders on or about March 26, 2019.

This year we have conserved resources and reduced costs by mailing a meeting notice to many of our registered and beneficial shareholders containing instructions on how to access our proxy statement and annual report on Form 10-K and vote online or how to request a paper copy. Shareholders who receive that meeting notice will not receive a paper copy of the proxy statement and annual report on Form 10-K or a proxy card unless they request one.

Every vote is important. You may vote your shares (1) by telephone, (2) via the Internet, (3) if you received a paper copy, by completing and mailing the enclosed proxy card in the return envelope or (4) in person at the annual meeting. Specific instructions for voting by telephone or via the Internet are attached to the proxy card or to the meeting notice that you received if you did not receive a paper copy. If you attend the meeting and vote at it, your vote at the meeting will replace any earlier vote by telephone, Internet or proxy. If you wish to attend the annual meeting in person, you must register in advance. Please vote your proxy, then follow the instructions on page 69 to pre-register.

By Order of the Board of Directors

Lisa A. Muschong

Vice President, Corporate Secretary & Chief of Staff March 14, 2019

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on May 9, 2019:

The proxy statement and annual report are available to security holders free of charge at proxydocs.com/dte