Power lines are a regular part of our day-to-day lives now as they carry electricity through the world, but when were they first invented?

Iconic photos from the Bettmann collection, the physical copies of which are hidden safely underground in a limestone lime.

Dominion Energy’s latest cycle of tree-trimming to protect power lines from blowing limbs during heavy winds continues to draw ire from Lowcountry residents, many of whom suggested power lines ...

Maryland residents in the path of the controversial Piedmont Reliability Project are appealing after a federal judge granted surveyors access to their properties. The project aims to build nearly 70 ...

Power lines ignited massive wildfires across the Texas Panhandle that killed at least two people, destroyed homes and livestock, and left a charred landscape, officials said Thursday, including the… ...

Pacific Gas & Electric wants to bury power lines in some of its most at-risk areas to prevent destructive blazes, but state regulators are balking at the utility’s plan because it would take too ...

After an ice storm knocked out power for hundreds of thousands in February 2023, the city looked into what it would take to bury some Austin Energy lines.

Most existing power lines are at capacity, and in many places, the buildout of renewable energy will require a lot of new transmission lines to major population centers.

Several residents of Los Angeles who were affected by the deadly Palisades wildfire sued city authorities over claims that municipal utility power lines ignited the fire, according to a lawsuit ...

Officials in Metro Detroit are reporting downed power lines and outages as storms invade Southeast Michigan Tuesday afternoon.

The current system makes it hard to build the long-distance power lines needed to transport wind and solar nationwide.