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 ...

Building a 345 kV (kilovolt) transmission line from Holmen, Wisconsin to Middleton, Wisconsin was a study in overcoming some unique and interesting challenges throughout its 180 mile (289.7 km) length ...

State utility commission estimated a $1.8B project cost over 30-year period as five New England states plan process to share ...

When a design team hands off a drawing package for construction, the work isn’t measured only in megawatts delivered or miles of line energized. The stakes are human. Personal experience working in ...

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 ...