EXHIBIT 99-8


                        CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT



I, David E. Meador, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Detroit
Edison Company (the "Company"), certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that to the best of my
knowledge and belief:

(1)      the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the annual period
         ended December 31, 2002 (the "Report") fully complies with the
         requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
         of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

(2)      the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
         material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
         the Company.



Dated:  March 20, 2003                            /s/ DAVID E. MEADOR
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                                                      David E. Meador
                                       Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
                                          Officer of Detroit Edison Company