EX-23.16 4 k81862exv23w16.txt CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP EXHIBIT 23-16 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT We consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated March 1, 2004 (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the change in the methods of accounting for asset retirement obligations, energy trading contracts and gas inventories in 2003, goodwill and energy trading contracts in 2002 and derivative instruments and hedging activities in 2001), appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of DTE Energy Company for the year ended December 31, 2003 in the following registration statements:
REGISTRATION FORM NUMBER Form S-3 333-74338 Form S-3 333-99955 Form S-3 333-109591 Form S-4 383-89175 Form S-8 333-61992 Form S-8 333-62192 Form S-8 333-00023 Form S-8 333-47247 Form S-8 333-109623
Detroit, Michigan March 1, 2004