The Flathead National Forest has approved the Blacktail Flathead Electric Powerline Corridor Project, authorizing vegetation ...
The U.S. electric grid is under mounting pressure, from aging infrastructure and rising load demands to wildfire risk and extreme weather. As full-scale replacement remains strategically and ...
Utilities are using drones to shift from reactive vegetation management to predictive wildfire risk mitigation and grid resilience.
U.S. transformer wait times have ballooned from 50 to 127 weeks, crippling grid resilience in the face of wildfires, storms, or attacks. The Build America, Buy America Act and global demand for ...
By focusing and aligning these investments on the highest vegetation-related fire potential locations and assets, they can generate returns many times that same investment cost through reduced ...
LOA, Utah — A local power company serving Central Utah has been trying to keep the lights on for its customers despite the Monroe Canyon Fire burning nearly two dozen poles and impacting ...
Texas is seeking to recover the state's economic losses, impose civil penalties, and force the utility to adopt corrective safety measures. The complaint also asks the court to bar Southwestern Public ...
In February 2021, Texas came within four minutes and 37 seconds of a complete statewide blackout. A winter storm knocked out 40 percent of the state’s grid capacity in just four hours, leaving ...