EXHIBIT 10-53


                                AMENDMENT TO THE
                 DTE ENERGY COMPANY SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN

         The DTE Energy Company Supplemental Retirement Plan is amended by
adding new Section 7.7 as follows:

                  SECTION 7.7. UNSCHEDULED WITHDRAWALS. A former Participant
         receiving distributions in installments is permitted to make
         unscheduled withdrawals as described below.

                           (a) Election. A former Participant may request in
         writing to the Vice President, Human Resources, an unscheduled partial
         withdrawal or entire withdrawal of the present value of the former
         Participant's undistributed Plan benefit, which will be paid within 30
         days in a single lump sum.

                           (b) Withdrawal Penalty. There will be a penalty
         deducted from the present value of the former Participant's
         undistributed Plan benefit prior to an unscheduled withdrawal equal to
         10% of the present value of the former Participant's undistributed Plan
         benefit as of the date the unscheduled withdrawal request is received
         by the Vice President, Human Resources.