The U.S. power grid has hit an inflection point, and how we respond will determine if we sink or swim, writes contributor ...

Utilities across the U.S. are installing thousands of miles of 765 kV transmission lines, exceedingly becoming the backbone of our high voltage grid. Driven by rising demand from data centers and AI ...

Across drought-prone California, high-voltage power lines that haven’t been needed in years hang unused from steel towers — a fire risk hiding in plain sight. One has been accused of sparking ...

Residents in the Los Angeles County community of Sylmar said they once again heard popping noises and a loud explosion. Once again, they saw an orange ball of fire erupt, this time on Jan. 7 below a ...

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The plan to build the first-ever ultra-high-voltage power lines in Texas is the first step in a $33 billion transmission project.

A SCHOOL. DANAE BUCCI LIVE THERE TODAY. BEN EVERSOURCE SAYS IT HAS RESTORED POWER TO THE VAST MAJORITY OF CUSTOMERS IN WALTHAM, BUT IT SAYS ABOUT 600 LOST POWER WHEN THAT TRACTOR TRAILER THERE PULLED ...

HIGHLANDS — Norma Ross was lucky that her husband forgot to lower the temperature in their oven for their Thanksgiving turkey, which finished cooking about an hour before the power went out in their ...

Residents in the Howell Station neighborhood are speaking out against Georgia Power's plan to build high-voltage power lines between their neighborhood and the Fulton County Jail, which they say they ...

Tucson Electric Power will build high-voltage power lines over two busy Tucson intersections after two of three denials by the city’s zoning examiner were overturned. TEP can now run its power lines ...

Across drought-prone California, high-voltage power lines that haven’t been needed in years hang unused from steel towers — a fire risk hiding in plain sight. One, near Los Angeles, has been accused ...