Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) is planning to build new overhead transmission lines and upgrade others across parts of Maryland in response to the retirement of a coal-powered electric generating ...

Since the first power lines were constructed in the early 1900s, birds have used the wires and poles as places to perch, hunt for prey or even build a nest. Although it may sound harmless, the reality ...

Overhead power transmission lines are critical components in modern energy infrastructure, yet they face significant challenges in cold regions where ice accumulation is common. Ice shedding, the ...

Tucson Electric Power is facing a minefield of potential legal challenges to its controversial plan to run high-voltage transmission lines overhead through midtown, judging from the latest hearings ...

Central Maryland residents in growing numbers are vowing to stop a proposed upgrade to the region’s energy grid involving a 500,000-volt overhead transmission line that would cut across farms, parks, ...

For decades, U.S. electricity demand was steady, allowing utilities to plan gradual growth and maintain the grid with modest upgrades. That era is over.

FirstEnergy subsidiary Mon Power is upgrading four miles of a high-voltage transmission power line in Preston County, West Virginia. The project will support the local transmission system against ...

A judge has upheld the City of Tucson’s authority to prohibit overhead transmission lines in city-designated corridors, perhaps dealing a blow to Tucson Electric Power Co.’s plan for a major new line ...

EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Power Line Systems—a ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — This week, Austin Energy is rolling out a new conductor at its McNeil Substation in north Austin — which the utility says can carry 50% more power. That extra strength could help with ...