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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A new study has found that burying all of Austin Energy's overhead power lines would cost $50 billion and require decades of work. In February 2023, an ice storm knocked out ...

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

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After a 2023 February ice ... power, Austin City Council members voted to move forward on a resolution that asked the city to look into the feasibility of burying power lines.

Consumers crews are burying 2 miles of overhead power lines along Palmer Road east of ... we can significantly reduce the impact of storms, heavy snow, ice and even tornadoes that can cause ...

“The last ice storm, we lost power for about two and a half ... Appalachian Power said it maintains 26,000 miles of overhead distribution lines in the commonwealth and uses outage data and ...

Hundreds of thousands of Ontarians remain in the dark after freezing rain and high winds brought down power lines across the province over the weekend. For days, crews have worked to clear trees ...

Some have compared the level of destruction to trees and power lines this week to Michigan’s famous 1976 ice storm - others have said it’s worse. Immediately after the weekend ice storm ...

Contact with overhead power lines is also one of the leading causes of electrical fatalities outside of the workplace across the United States. In fact, overhead power line contact accounts for 48 ...