RiverBender.com

Ameren Reminds Customers to Use Caution with Ladders and Lifts Near Power Lines This Spring

Ameren advises Missouri and Illinois customers to stay safe around power lines with ladders and lifts this spring to prevent ...
abc13

How effective are buried power lines in preventing widespread power outages in cases like Beryl?

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- It is day 10 for thousands of CenterPoint Energy customers across the Greater Houston area who are still without power. Some of them live in neighborhoods with buried power ...
Nature

Dynamic Response and Ice Shedding of Overhead Power Transmission Lines

Overhead power transmission lines are critical components in modern energy infrastructure, yet they face significant challenges in cold regions where ice accumulation is common. Ice shedding, the ...
Charleston City Paper

Power lines difficult to bury, but worth it, some say

Dominion Energy’s latest tree-trimming cycle left several grand oaks butchered and even native palmetto trees beheaded to make way for power lines Credit: Andy Brack Dominion Energy’s latest cycle of ...
Post and Courier

Over 1M in SC lost power in Helene — many for days. Could burying lines make outages shorter?

SPARTANBURG — After Helene's tropical-storm-force winds caused catastrophic damage to the Upstate’s power infrastructure, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham floated a possible solution: Putting the lines ...