Company: DTK
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: S-3ASR
Source: 0001193125-25-073369
Chunk: 40

Company: DTE ENERGY CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: S-3ASR
Chunk 40
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 information contained in this prospectus. You should read this prospectus
and any prospectus supplement together with the additional information described below under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.”

For more detailed information about the securities, you can read the exhibits to the registration statement. Those exhibits have been either
filed with the registration statement or incorporated by reference to earlier SEC filings listed in the registration statement.

We are
not making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction that prohibits the offer or sale of these securities.

In this
prospectus, references to “DTE Electric,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to DTE Electric Company, unless the context indicates that the references are to DTE Electric Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries.

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RISK FACTORS

An investment in the securities involves risks. You should carefully consider the “Risk Factors” set forth in our most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, together with the other information in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and the
documents that are incorporated by reference in this prospectus, about risks concerning the securities, before buying any securities. See also “Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” below.

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of DTE Electric. You can find many of these statements by looking for words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “may,” “could,” “projected,” “aspiration,” “plans,” and “goals” or similar expressions in this prospectus or in documents incorporated herein that signify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and conditions, but rather are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and uncertainties that may cause actual future results to be materially different from those contemplated, projected, estimated, or budgeted. Many factors may impact our forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, the following:

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