Austin Energy partnered with engineering firm 1898 & Co. to study the feasibility and cost of burying overhead power lines. A second study, focused on hardening existing overhead lines in areas ...

Traditional standard devices to prevent roosting and nesting of storks. From left to right: umbrella plus wind turbine, symmetric chevron plus 45-degree plates, double umbrella, bare conductors and ...

Varying levels of damage from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma show there’s no silver bullet to prepare for severe weather and its toll on electric infrastructure. The underground power system in downtown ...

Underground power lines are being touted as a solution to California's wildfire problem — but switching problem areas away from overhead power lines takes considerably more time and money. Replacing ...

An unprecedented 1.4 million homes and businesses lost power when Hurricane Helene pummeled the Palmetto State, uprooting trees and power poles and inflicting catastrophic damage to South Carolina’s ...

Why can't California's fire-prone power lines be buried underground, out of harm's way? That was the question many were asking this week as hundreds of thousands of customers lost power in the ...

Newell expands its product offerings with high-quality composite insulators, enhancing nearshoring efforts and service reliability for North American utilities. Power Grid Components (“PGC”), a ...

A policy provision that has been rarely litigated, but often disputed, is the exclusion for above-ground electrical transmission and distribution lines. A common feature in policies for electric ...

Usually it sounds like distant thunder punctuated by a bone-splitting crack. Then the lights flicker before going out. Sometimes, it’s silent. Hundreds of pounds of ice weigh down a branch, which sags ...

JIANGSHAN, ZHEJIANG, CHINA, January 9, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In an era demanding smarter, more resilient, and ...