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U.S.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 144

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ATTENTION:    Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or
   executing a sale directly with a market maker.
         
1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print) (b) IRS IDENT. NO. (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
DTE Energy Company 38-3217752 001-11607
 
                         
1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE (e) TELEPHONE NO.
  2000 2nd Avenue Detroit MI 48226   AREA CODE NUMBER
          313 235-8126
                             
2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD (b) IRS IDENT. NO. (c) RELATIONSHIP TO
     ISSUER		 (d) ADDRESS STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE
Susan M. Beale   Executive Officer 2000 2nd Avenue   Detroit MI 48226

INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.

                 
3(a) (b) (c) (d)
Title of the Name and Address of Each Broker SEC USE ONLY Number of Shares Aggregate
Class of Through Whom the Securities are to be
or Other Units Market
Securities Offered or Each Market Maker who is Broker-Dealer To Be Sold Value
To Be Sold Acquiring the Securities File Number (See instr. 3(c)) (See instr. 3(d))
Common Stock Bank of New York, One Wall Street, New York, NY 10286   1,897 $78,688.00
         
         
         
(e) (f) (g)
Number of Shares Approximate Name of Each
or Other Units Date of Sale Securities
Outstanding (See instr. 3(f)) Exchange
(See instr. 3(e)) (MO. DAY YR.) (See instr. 3(g))
168,849,506 3/12/2004 NYSE
     
     

 

         
1. (a) Name of issuer
(b) Issuer’s IRS Identification Number.
(c) Issuer’s SEC file number, if any.
(d) Issuer’s address, including zip code.
(e) Issuer’s telephone number, including area code.
 
2. (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
(b) Such person’s I.R.S. Identification number, if such a person is an entity.
(c) Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10 percent stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing).
(d) Such person’s address, including zip code.
 
3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold.
(b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold.
(c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount).
(d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice.
(e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer.
(f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold.
(g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold.

 

TABLE I — SECURITIES TO BE SOLD

Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

                         
Name of Person from
Whom Acquired Amount of
Title of Date you Nature of Acquisition (If gift, also give Securities Date of
the Class Acquired Transaction date donor acquired) Acquired Payment Nature of Payment
Common Stock 2/22/2000 Vesting of performance shares DTE Energy Company 612 3/12/2004 Cash
Common Stock 3/14/2001 Vesting of performance shares DTE Energy Company 497 3/12/2004 Cash
Common Stock 3/14/2001 Vesting of restricted stock DTE Energy Company 788 3/12/2004 Cash

INSTRUCTIONS:

     
If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

TABLE II — SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS

Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

                 
Amount of
Securities
Name and Address of Seller Title of Securities Sold Date of Sale Sold Gross Proceeds
Not applicable        
         
         
         

REMARKS:

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.

 
3/12/2004
DATE OF NOTICE

ATTENTION:

The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.

 
/s/ Susan E. Riske, Power of Attorney
(SIGNATURE)

The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)

SEC 1147 (12-03)