The U.S. power grid has hit an inflection point, and how we respond will determine if we sink or swim, writes contributor ...

It would be the first 765-kilovolt line in Wisconsin, part of a broader route that backers say forms a "transmission superhighway" across the region.

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The MariBell project highlights ongoing tension between the need for reliable energy and property owners' desires to protect their land.

It hasn’t been that long since humans figured out how to create power grids that integrated multiple generators and consumers. Ever since AC won the battle of the currents, grid operators have had to ...

On a cloudy day in mid-July, a crew of technicians carried a shiny metal orb, about the size and weight of a kid’s bowling ball, under a 110-kilovolt transmission line running near Hamburg, Germany.

On the grid that whisks electricity across the region, Michigan is about to get the equivalent of several new interstate highways. Leadership of the regional grid operator covering 15 states greenlit ...

Minnesota power companies say the estimated $900 million project will increase electric grid reliability in the region.

The SouthLine Transmission Project, operated by Grid United, is enhancing electrical infrastructure across a 280-mile ...

A proposed 40-mile power line project between Cashion and Luther has sparked concerns among local property owners about ...

NRG Energy. CenterPoint Energy. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, better known as ERCOT. Various corporations affiliated with the Texas power grid are household names in Houston. But what do ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — As we close in on a year since a tornado hit Buffalo, National Grid wants to remind you to never go near downed power lines. "We're going to put sites and sounds to those safety ...