It would be the first 765-kilovolt line in Wisconsin, part of a broader route that backers say forms a "transmission superhighway" across the region.

For the first time in a half century, new high-voltage power lines are set to cross into Michigan, snaking up the center of the state. As a pair of major transmission line projects stretching some 95 ...

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 ...

The National Electric Safety Code (NESC) includes a clause sometimes referred to as the “5-mA Rule,” which states: For voltages exceeding 98 kV ac to ground, either the clearances shall be increased ...

Shifting to clean electricity will require many more major transmission lines, something residents of some areas may not want. The infrastructure bill in Congress could make the lines easier to build.

The difficulty of building high-voltage transmission in the U.S. reveals a towering roadblock to America’s climate goals. President Joe Biden needs to run transmission lines through deserts and over ...

The four western states that have traditionally exported large amounts of electricity generated with fossil fuels to neighboring states are poised to draw tens of billions of dollars by exporting ...

This story is co-published with Arizona Luminaria, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to community-centered reporting. When Peter Else left the University of Arizona in 2005 to live in the San Pedro ...