According to the National Interagency Fire Center, about 87% of wildfires in 2024 were human-caused, with lightning being the second-most common cause. However, some of the most destructive fires have ...

The concrete vaults can vary in size, but average about 14 feet long by 8 feet wide and 9 feet high; they must be buried completely underground. The vaults house power line conduits, transformers ...

Their study found that installing “fast trip” sensors on high risk power lines reduced fires started by power lines by as much as 80% and is less expensive than putting lines underground (but ...

Still, the exorbitant cost of underground construction leaves much of the U.S. power grid’s 8.8 million kilometers of distribution lines and 180 million utility poles exposed to tree strikes ...

Roughly 200 residents in the southeast Bend neighborhood of Sundance opposed Pacific Power’s plan to route a high power transmission line through the southeast corner of their community ...

Damaging storms in April and June cost Springfield City Utilities between $12 million and $15 million in labor and material ...

JACKSON, Mich., June 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Record-breaking severe weather has swept across the state during the first half of 2025. While these storms have left a path of destruction, Consumers ...

With 2,500 miles of underground lines now, Dominion is more than halfway through its target to switch 4,000 miles of overhead lines that experience frequent outages to underground service.

JACKSON, Mich., June 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Record-breaking severe weather has swept across the state during the first half of 2025. While these storms have left a path of destruction, Consumers ...

Underground lines currently make up about 15 percent of all Consumers Energy electric lines, most being in subdivisions and areas with high population density. Burying lines improves reliability ...