Like other things that you might notice attached to power lines, weights installed there by utility companies have a specific safety-focused role to play.
In 2018, Justin Kropp was restoring a fire-damaged transmission circuit in Southern California when disaster struck. Grid operators had earlier shut down the 115-kilovolt circuit, but six high-voltage ...
The Grain Belt Express line, meant to carry electricity from wind farms across the Midwest, faces an inquiry from the Missouri attorney general. By David Gelles An 804-mile-long transmission line in ...