EXHIBIT 10-55


                                AMENDMENT TO THE
             DTE ENERGY COMPANY EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

         The DTE Energy Company Executive Deferred Compensation Plan is amended
by replacing Section 6.05 with the following:

                  6.05.    Unscheduled  Withdrawals.  A  Participant  or a
         former  Participant receiving distributions in annual  installments is
         permitted to make unscheduled withdrawals as described below:

                           (a) Election. A Participant may request in writing to
         the Vice President, Human Resources, an unscheduled partial withdrawal
         or entire withdrawal of the amount credited to the Participant's
         Account, including earnings, which will be paid within 30 days in a
         single lump sum. A former Participant may request in writing to the
         Vice President, Human Resources, an unscheduled partial withdrawal or
         entire withdrawal of the undistributed balance of the former
         Participant's Account, which will be paid within 30 days in a single
         lump sum.

                           (b) Withdrawal Penalty. There will be a penalty
         deducted from the Account prior to an unscheduled withdrawal equal to
         10% of the Account balance as of the date the unscheduled withdrawal
         request is received by the Vice President, Human Resources.

                           (c) Suspension of Deferrals. If a Participant elects
         an unscheduled withdrawal, any deferrals elected by the Participant for
         the current Plan Year will cease. The Participant will not be eligible
         to elect to again make deferrals under the Plan until the second Plan
         Year beginning after the Plan Year in which the withdrawal was made.