Xcel Energy and Dairyland Power Cooperative are currently working together to build a new transmission line across southeast ...

The National Electric Safety Code (NESC) includes a clause sometimes referred to as the “5-mA Rule,” which states: For voltages exceeding 98 kV ac to ground, either the clearances shall be increased ...

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 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Edison failed to spend hundreds of millions of dollars authorized for ...

Certain kinds of projects can lead to easy money for utility companies, while others require a long and difficult approval process. So it shouldn’t be surprising when the companies choose the easy ...

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 ...

Mention “renewable energy infrastructure” and most people will probably picture solar and wind farms out in the country. What’s usually not envisioned is how the power from these often remote sites is ...

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.