NOTE 8 — LONG-TERM DEBT

Debt Issuances

In 2011, the Company remarketed or issued the following long-term debt:

(in Millions)


Company	Month Issued	Type	Interest Rate			Maturity		Amount
Detroit Edison	April	Tax-Exempt Revenue Bonds(1)(2)		2.35	%		2024	$	31
Detroit Edison	May	Mortgage Bonds (3)		3.90	%		2021		250
DTE Energy	May	Senior Notes(4)	Variable(5)				2013		300

								$	581


(1)		These bonds were remarketed in a long-term rate mode with a three-year term ending April 1, 2014. The final maturity of the issue is October 1, 2024.

(2)		Detroit Edison Tax Exempt Revenue Bonds are issued by a public body that loans the proceeds to Detroit Edison on terms substantially mirroring the Revenue Bonds.

(3)		Proceeds were used for general corporate purposes.

(4)		Proceeds were used to repay a portion of DTE Energy’s $600 million 7.05% Senior Notes due June 1, 2011 and for general corporate purposes.

(5)		The interest rate is reset quarterly at the three month LIBOR rate plus 70 basis points.

In June 2011, Detroit Edison agreed to issue and sell $225 million of general and refunding mortgage bonds, with an average rate of 4.6% and an average maturity of 17 years, to a group of institutional investors in a private placement transaction. The bonds are expected to close and fund on September 1, 2011.

Debt Retirements and Redemptions

In 2011, the following debt was retired:

(in Millions)


Company	Month Retired	Type	Interest Rate			Maturity		Amount
Detroit Edison	May	Tax-Exempt Revenue Bonds		6.95	%		2011	$	26
DTE Energy	June	Senior Notes		7.05	%		2011		600

								$	626