For decades, U.S. electricity demand was steady, allowing utilities to plan gradual growth and maintain the grid with modest upgrades. That era is over.
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How Electric Transmission Lines Actually Work

From distant power plants to city skylines, electric transmission lines carry the energy that keeps modern life running. This ...
Xcel Energy announced this week it has been awarded three projects by the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) to build new high voltage power lines that will improve electric reliability in Texas and New ...
From its factory a mile from the Pacific in Huntington Beach, California, TS Conductor makes 1,000 miles a year of new-fangled, revolutionary high voltage power line. That might sound like a lot, but ...
It’s no secret that power grids around the world need to expand to accommodate more renewable energy and the so-called “electrification of everything.” The latter, of course, refers to the growing ...
New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill and Virginia Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger both campaigned on energy ...
Electricity demand is surging all across the U.S. While this leap is driven by exciting advancements — new technologies such as artificial intelligence, the resurgence of U.S. manufacturing, and the ...
LENOX — They say lightning never strikes the same place twice. At the Electric Power Research Institute’s Transmission and Distribution Laboratory, lightning strikes as many times as it likes — just ...