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FORM 4
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[ ] Check box if no longer                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
    subject to Section 16. Form
    4 or Form 5 obligations may            STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
    continue. See Instruction 1(b).

          Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
                        Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol      |6. Relationship of Reporting Person
                                         |                                                 |      to Issuer (Check all applicable)
PETERSON       ERIC          H.          |   DTE Energy Company (DTE)                      |           Director        10% Owner
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(Last)        (First)       (Middle)     |3. IRS Identification  |  4. Statement for       |       X   Officer (give title below)
                                         |   Number of           |     Month/Year          |     -----
                                         |   Reporting Person,   |                         |           Other (specify below)
                                         |   if an Entity        |                         |     -----
DTE ENERGY COMPANY                       |   (Voluntary)         |                         | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND
2000 2ND AVENUE                          |                       |     03/2002             | GENERAL COUNSEL
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               (Street)                  |                       |  5. If Amendment,       |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
                                         |                       |     Date of Original    |   (Check applicable line)
                                         |                       |     (Month/Year)        | X  Form Filed by One Reporting Person
DETROIT           MI         48226-1279  |                       |                         | --
-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|    Form Filed by More than One
(City)          (State)          (Zip)   |                                                 | -- Reporting Person
                                         |                                                 |
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                             TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security                  |2. Transaction| 3. Transaction|4. Securities Acquired (A)| 5. Amount of|6. Owner- |7. Nature
   (Instr. 3)                         |   Date       |    Code       |   or Disposed of (D)     | Securities  |   ship   | of
                                      |              |    (Instr. 8) |   (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)    | Beneficially| Form:    | Indirect
                                      |              |               |                          | Owned at End| Direct   | Bene-
                                      |              |---------------|--------------------------| of Month    | (D) or   | ficial
                                      |              |       |       |        | (A)  |          | (Instr. 3   | Indirect | Owner-
                                      |  (Month/Day/ |       |       |        |  or  |          |   and 4)    | (I)      | ship
                                      |   Year)      |  Code |  V    | Amount | (D)  |  Price   |             |(Instr. 4)|(Instr. 4)
--------------------------------------|--------------|-------|-------|--------|------|----------|-------------|--------- |---------
Common Stock                          | 03/28/02     |  M    |       | 2,500  |  A   | $35.13   |             |          |
--------------------------------------|--------------|-------|-------|--------|------|----------|-------------|--------- |---------
Common Stock                          | 03/28/02     |  M    |       | 7,500  |  A   | $38.77   |             |          |
--------------------------------------|--------------|-------|-------|--------|------|----------|-------------|--------- |---------
Common Stock                          | 03/28/02     |  S    |       |10,000  |  D   | $45.50   |   11,000    |    D     |
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                                      |              |       |       |        |      |          |             |          |
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                                      |              |       |       |        |      |          |             |          |
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                                      |              |       |       |        |      |          |             |          |
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                                      |              |       |       |        |      |          |             |          |
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                                      |              |       |       |        |      |          |             |          |
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED)        TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                  (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative  | 2. Conver-  |3. Trans- |4. Trans-   |5. Number of      |6.  Date Exer-  |7. Title and Amount |8. Price
   Security             |    sion or  |   action |   action   |   Derivative     |    cisable and |   of Underlying    |   of
   (Instr. 3)           |    Exercise |   Date   |   Code     |   Securities Ac- |    Expiration  |   Securities       |   Deriv-
                        |    Price of |  (Month/ |  (Instr. 8)|   quired (A) or  |    Date        |   (Instr. 3 and 4) |   ative
                        |    Deriv-   |   Day/   |            |   Disposed of (D)|    (Month/Day/ |                    |   Secur-
                        |    ative    |   Year)  |            |   (Instr. 3, 4,  |    Year)       |                    |   ity
                        |    Security |          |            |   and 5)         |                |                    |  (Instr. 5)
                        |             |          |            |                  |-------------------------------------|
                        |             |          |            |                  |Date   |Expira- |        | Amount or |
                        |             |          |-------------------------------|Exer-  |tion    |  Title | Number of |
                        |             |          |  Code |V   | (A)    |(D)      |cisable|Date    |        | Shares    |
------------------------|-------------|----------|-------|----|--------|---------|-------|--------|--------|-----------|------------
Employee Stock Option   |             |          |       |    |        |         |  09/  |  09/   | Common |           |
(right to buy)          |  $35.13     | 03/28/02 |   M   |    |        | 2,500   | 05/01 | 04/10  |  Stock |  2,500    |
------------------------|-------------|----------|-------|----|--------|---------|-------|--------|--------|-----------|------------
Employee Stock Option   |             |          |       |    |        |         |  03/  |  03/   | Common |           |
(right to buy)          |  $38.77     | 03/28/02 |   M   |    |        | 7,500   | 14/02 | 13/11  |  Stock |  7,500    |
------------------------|-------------|----------|-------|----|--------|---------|-------|--------|--------|-----------|------------
                        |             |          |       |    |        |         |       |        |        |           |
------------------------|-------------|----------|-------|----|--------|---------|-------|--------|--------|-----------|------------
                        |             |          |       |    |        |         |       |        |        |           |
------------------------|-------------|----------|-------|----|--------|---------|-------|--------|--------|-----------|------------
                        |             |          |       |    |        |         |       |        |        |           |
------------------------|-------------|----------|-------|----|--------|---------|-------|--------|--------|-----------|------------
                        |             |          |       |    |        |         |       |        |        |           |
------------------------|-------------|----------|-------|----|--------|---------|-------|--------|--------|-----------|------------
                        |             |          |       |    |        |         |       |        |        |           |
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9. Number of      |    10. Ownership Form  |       11. Nature of
   Derivative     |        of Derivative   |           Indirect
   Securities     |        Securities      |           Beneficial
   Beneficially   |        Beneficially    |           Ownership
   Owned at End   |        owned at end    |           (Instr. 4)
   of Month       |        of month        |
   (Instr. 4)     |        (Instr. 4)      |
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7,500             |         D              |
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7,500             |         D              |
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Explanation of Responses:

                                                                                          /s/ SUSAN M. BEALE                04/10/02
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                                                                                          Signature of Reporting Person**     Date
                                                                                                  Attorney-In-Fact

    Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
*   If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).

**  Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
    See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).


    Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
    If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.


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