Electrical tower a focus as Eaton Fire's potential origin after video clues emerge
Residents in the wildfire-ravaged communities of Altadena and Pasadena witnessed flames near the base of a transmission line ...
Power company defends keeping transmission lines open ahead of LA fires —because life-threatening winds were just 1 mph under cutoff
Steven Powell, the CEO of the utility company, insisted that the winds blowing through Eaton Canyon back on Jan. 7 weren't ...
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Chris Wright backs aggressive build-out of the US power grid
The Energy secretary nominee tells Democrats he supports reforms aimed at speeding transmission projects: “I’m aligned with ...
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DOE finalizes major power line contracts
The deals commit $1.5 billion to transmission projects as the Biden administration races to finalize clean energy funding before Donald Trump's inauguration.
Many of California’s Most Destructive Fires Were Caused by Power Lines
Officials are probing whether electrical equipment sparked the Los Angeles fires. Such infrastructure has ignited vast ...
KKR, PSP Investments to buy stake in two American Electric Power companies for $2.8B
KKR (KKR) said Thursday it formed a 50/50 strategic partnership with Canada's PSP Investments to acquire 19.9% stakes in ...
Did power lines help start the L.A. fires? What we know.
Hundreds of homes in the Altadena area still had power when a fire erupted there, according to a grid-monitoring company and ...
Can Colorado’s electric grid keep up as coal plants close and data centers open?
Gov. Jared Polis wants the state’s electric grid to be carbon-free by 2040. But as electricity demand rises and coal plants ...