The power grid is a complicated beast, regardless of where you live. Power plants have to send energy to all of their clients at a constant frequency and voltage (regardless of the demand at any one ...

Minnesota Power, which is owned by energy company ALLETE Inc., and American Transmission Co. (ATC) on Monday filed a combined ...

At high frequencies (e.g. microwave) the physical dimensions of printed circuit board (PCB) traces become significant relative to the wavelength of the signal. At these frequencies, controlled ...

As the Belgian transmission system operator, Elia has been a pioneer in Europe for its use of high-temperature low-sag (HTLS) composite core overhead line conductors. Additionally, the utility has ...

Sunrise and snow on the San Pedro River valley in Arizona. (Timothy Corbin/Wikipedia via Courthouse News) PHOENIX (CN) — Southern Arizona tribes will have another chance to challenge the construction ...

The most important function of an overhead transmission line is to provide a continuous and reliable source of electrical energy. However, on occasion, overhead lines can fail as a result of severe ...

Impedance mismatches in a radio-frequency (RF) electrical transmission line cause power loss and reflected energy. Voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) is a way to measure transmission line ...

(KNOX) – The North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) will hold three public hearings in January regarding a proposal to construct a transmission line in Dickey, LaMoure and Stutsman Counties. The ...

Dayton-area electric utility AES Ohio hopes to obtain state approval for a major new transmission line from a new power substation near Jeffersonville to a station in Pickaway County. The utility ...

CHICAGO (CN) — Wisconsin utility companies appealed a lower court’s orders to the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday, the latest development in a legal challenge by Wisconsin environmentalists who oppose a ...