WASHINGTON - Trees toppling onto above-ground power lines spark wildfires, more than 1,000 of them in the last decade in California alone. The wires snap in blizzards and hurricanes, causing ...

And utilities say stringing lines between power poles is the fastest and cheapest way to grow the grid. “Above-ground transmission lines are superior to below-ground lines in the vast majority ...

recently estimated the cost at $1 million per mile or more to retrofit neighborhoods currently served by traditional above-ground power lines with buried lines. Austin Energy has more than 12,000 ...

Credit: Leila Saidane/The Texas Tribune A damaging ice storm swept across Central Texas beginning Jan. 30, plunging much of Austin into darkness for days after causing trees and power lines to fall.

Laguna Beach Mayor Alex Rounaghi called for the replacement of above-ground power lines — which have been linked to the cause of past wildfires — with underground infrastructure to reduce the ...

some wonder about the transition from above-ground power lines to underground.

Southern California Edison, which has been targeted by lawsuits alleging its above-ground power lines sparked the Eaton Fire, will underground more than 150 miles of electrical lines as it ...

Florida Power ... above ground. "It's almost like a chessboard," FPL Spokesperson Jack Eble said of the company's smart grid. "It helps us to be proactive." About half of neighborhood power lines ...

Austin Energy lineworker Brian Behrens repairs power lines on Saturday. (Leila Saidane/The Texas Tribune, Leila Saidane/The Texas Tribune) A damaging ice storm swept across Central Texas beginning ...