SWEPCO crews are working to repair downed powerlines after a truck struck a power pole, knocking the powerlines into the roadway.

A branch doesn't even need to fall, just be close to a power line, and electricity can arc over small gaps. (Although it's not always trees that are to blame for the lights going out. Heat waves ...

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 ...

A major power outage hit thousands of Oncor customers in Robinson Tuesday after wind snapped a handful of power lines, ...