They don’t look like much: two small boxes and a solar panel mounted on utility poles around. A small weather station and a ...

The National Electric Safety Code (NESC) includes a clause sometimes referred to as the “5-mA Rule,” which states: For voltages exceeding 98 kV ac to ground, either the clearances shall be increased ...

The power grid is a complicated beast, regardless of where you live. Power plants have to send energy to all of their clients at a constant frequency and voltage (regardless of the demand at any one ...

For years, the electric utility industry has been questioning whether to use overhead or underground systems for transmission of power using high-voltage transmission lines. Issues driving this ...

Shifting to clean electricity will require many more major transmission lines, something residents of some areas may not want. The infrastructure bill in Congress could make the lines easier to build.

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Verite News. When a winter storm knocked out Texas’ power grid in 2021, the scale of the devastation it wrought was exacerbated by a singular ...

Inspecting and monitoring long-distance transmission lines has always been both costly and dangerous for utilities. Networks that stretch across remote, rugged terrain make traditional methods like ...