If you have paid close attention to power lines, you might have noticed metal spring-like structures close to the transmission towers. These spring-like structures are known as lightning arresters, ...

Once electricity finally reaches your home from the power plant, it's not in the same form that it left in. When power is created at a plant, it's produced at a voltage that's either too low or too ...

In this modern, technologically inclined age, power is crucial for all aspects of daily life. Keeping the lights on, running computers and appliances, giving those in poor health proper care, and more ...

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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 ...

State regulators, knowing that old transmission lines could set off wildfires, proposed a safety rule in 2001 that would have forced Edison and other utilities to remove abandoned lines unless they ...

Anaheim will have moved all of its city-owned power lines in its highest fire-risk areas underground by 2026, a milestone in the city’s multi-decade effort to harden its utilities and reduce the risk ...