For years, the electric utility industry has been questioning whether to use overhead or underground systems for transmission of power using high-voltage transmission lines. Issues driving this ...

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 ...

PPL Electric Utilities has announced plans to conduct essential work in the Harrisburg and New Cumberland areas, aimed at rebuilding a transmission line spanning the Susquehanna River. This ...

The price of a massive Xcel Energy transmission line across southwest and central Minnesota — which would connect more wind and solar farms — has more than doubled to $1.14 billion. The higher price ...

Haden, a Missouri Farm Bureau member, said high-voltage transmission lines can be a "massive inconvenience” for landowners.

Rural landowners and conservation advocates across Central and West Texas are mobilizing in response to a proposed extra-high ...