The U.S. Dept. of Energy selected four “construction-ready” transmission line projects to support with a total $1.5 billion in funding through the Transmission Facilitation Program. The four projects ...

The increasing power flow congestion on transmission lines is magnifying the need for more live-line work. Before diving into this work method, however, utilities and line contractors must train their ...

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 ...

Over the next decade, Oregon’s need for clean energy is expected to grow exponentially thanks to rising demand for electricity from data centers, heat pumps, electric cars and state climate mandates.

A pair of Connecticut companies are seeking approval to bury a 100-mile transmission line in the bed of the Columbia River to carry solar and wind energy to the Portland-Vancouver area. On Wednesday, ...

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm traveled to Wyoming to hail the project and call for faster electric transmission development. RAWLINS, Wyo. — At a groundbreaking ...

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 ...

Great River Energy’s dynamic line rating (DLR) project is the largest DLR deployment to date in the U.S. based on the number of sensors installed. Early results identified a 48.92% increase in power ...

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association has completed work on an electricity transmission line in eastern Colorado, one of several transmission and distribution (T&D) projects the group has ...

Shifting to clean electricity will require many more major transmission lines, something residents of some areas may not want. The infrastructure bill in Congress could make the lines easier to build.