Xcel Energy has announced retirement of one of its three coal units at the Sherburne County Generating Plant, or Sherco, with a goal to deliver 100% carbon-free electricity in Minnesota by 2040. The ...

The Oregon Supreme Court has upheld that state’s Energy Facility Siting Council decision granting Idaho Power permission to move forward with a 290-mile, 500-kilovolt transmission line known as ‘B2H’ ...

Download the full pdf of this article, which includes the inline equations and diagrams. Discussion continues at the national level about power grid upgrades to support increased electrification. In ...

Building transmission lines in the U.S. is like herding cats. All of the stakeholders in the construction of a new line — utility companies, regulators, landowners — have to come to an agreement, and ...

The novel approach avoids costly and sophisticated equipment, while also enabling automated close-range inspection of transmission lines Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are now widely used for remote ...

Passive intermodulation (PIM) distortion arises when non‐linearities and imperfections within electrical connectors and transmission lines cause the intermodulation of signals, leading to spurious ...

Minnesota Power is showing off plans for their Iron Range-St. Louis County-Arrowhead Transmission Line project. It’s a 63-mile, 345 kilo volt transmission line that will run from Grand Rapids to the ...

AEP Texas will construct a 765-kV transmission line to enhance electricity delivery in the Permian Basin, supporting regional growth. AEP Texas is preparing to construct the Howard-Solstice ...

The Iowa House advanced bills Monday related to electric transmission line construction, emergency planning and land restoration. The first of the three, House File 2227, requires transmission line ...