The power plants include the River Rouge facility, the St. Clair facility in East China Township, and the Trenton facility.
The eight coal-fired energy generating units in three power plants are planned be closed between 2020 and 2023.
The three power generation facilities generated about 25% of the total electricity produced by DTE in 2015.
The decision to retire the power plants follows the closure of three coal generating units by the Michigan-based firm earlier this year due to age and projected future costs.
DTE Energy chairman and CEO Gerry Anderson said: "The way DTE generates electricity will change as much in the next 10 years as any other period in our history."
DTE plans to replace the 11 aging coal-fired generating units at the three facilities built in the 1950s and 1960s with a mix of more modern and cleaner sources of energy generation such as wind, natural gas and solar.
Anderson said: "DTE Energy will work with the state of Michigan on a plan that ensures electric reliability for our 2.2 million customers, places a premium on affordability, and is seamless for our employees and the communities that are home to these plants."
Earlier this year, DTE broke ground on one of the largest solar arrays east of the Mississippi River located in Lapeer, Michigan.
Image: DTE Energy’s headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. Photo: courtesy of Jk nair at English Wikipedia.
