As severe weather tests the grid, utilities consider burying more power lines

Power outages are increasing as the grid ages and climate change drives more frequent severe weather. Burying power lines ...
E&E

Can buried power lines keep the lights on during extreme storms?

The two hurricanes that blasted through Florida over the past month left a trail of destruction, but they didn’t leave a clear answer on whether burying power lines will prevent serious damage to the ...
Yahoo

You can pay to bury your home’s electric line. Would it save you from power outages?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Worried about power outages? Social media users after Hurricane Helene thought they had the solution: Ask your electricity ...
CNN

Millions lose power every year because of extreme weather. Here’s how we could prevent it

Clean energy executive Cary Kottler was one of millions who lost power and heat as winter storm Uri, as it was called, blasted Texas with a historic cold snap in 2021. The temperature inside his house ...
WBUR

It’s hard to build transmission lines in the Northeast, so 8 states are asking the feds for help

Many states in the Northeast have ambitious clean energy goals to help fight climate change. In the coming decades, they plan to add a lot more renewable energy like wind and solar to the grid, and to ...

The Reason Power Lines Have Orange Balls Is Almost As Interesting As How They Get There

While orange ones are most common, these power line balls also come in other colors, such as white and yellow. And they are ...
Los Angeles Times

Electric lines kill birds. But they’re a lot better than climate change

This story was originally published in Boiling Point, a newsletter about climate change and the environment. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Back in 2015, critically acclaimed novelist Jonathan ...