Across drought-prone California, high-voltage power lines that haven’t been needed in years hang unused from steel towers — a fire risk hiding in plain sight. One has been accused of sparking ...

Utilities across the U.S. are installing thousands of miles of 765 kV transmission lines, exceedingly becoming the backbone of our high voltage grid. Driven by rising demand from data centers and AI ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents in the Los Angeles County community of Sylmar said they once again heard popping noises and a loud explosion. Once again ...

Putting power lines underground feels like an easy solution to weather-related outages. Problem is, it's wicked expensive.

Across drought-prone California, high-voltage power lines that haven’t been needed in years hang unused from steel towers — a fire risk hiding in plain sight. But no California agency knows how many ...

Residents in the Los Angeles County community of Sylmar said they once again heard popping noises and a loud explosion. Once again, they saw an orange ball of fire erupt, this time on Jan. 7 below a ...

Across drought-prone California, high-voltage power lines that haven’t been needed in years hang unused from steel towers — a fire risk hiding in plain sight. One, near Los Angeles, has been accused ...