Worried about power outages? Social media users after Hurricane Helene thought they had the solution: Ask your electricity provider to bury your power lines. So we wondered, can you actually get your ...

VALLEY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — As part of a pilot program to improve reliability during severe weather, Consumers Energy crews were at work Tuesday burying power lines west of Allegan. The first year ...

Buried power lines performed 14 times better than overheard power lines in the 2024 hurricane season, Eppinger told Bowsman.

I want to bring up a subject that I have been talking about for years now, but nobody seems to want to pay any attention.

An unprecedented 1.4 million homes and businesses lost power when Hurricane Helene pummeled the Palmetto State, uprooting trees and power poles and inflicting catastrophic damage to South Carolina’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. We write on environmental issues, climate politics and NGOs. Hurricanes Helene and Milton remind us of electricity ...

Why aren’t power lines underground? It’s a recurring question as power is restored and months of cleanup begin following Tropical Storm Helene’s destructive march through Aiken County. It’s a question ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A new study has found that burying all of Austin Energy's overhead power lines would cost $50 billion and require decades of work. In February 2023, an ice storm knocked out power for ...

Dominion crews work to restore power in the Denny Terrace neighborhood on Thursday Oct. 3, 2024. Many residents of the Denny Terrace neighborhood were still without power almost a week after Hurricane ...