State regulators, knowing that old transmission lines could set off wildfires, proposed a safety rule in 2001 that would have forced Edison and other utilities to remove abandoned lines unless they ...

Ice storms and heavy thunderstorms over the weekend left Michigan residents vulnerable to power outages, downed trees and broken tree limbs. Now, as a chance of severe weather and possible tornados ...

Downed power lines will be one of many headaches facing Tacoma’s new public utilities director, writes columnist Bill Virgin. Janet Jensen News Tribune file photo, 2013 Over 1,000 outages have been ...

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Tim Barat loved being a lineman at an electric company in Australia, where he grew up, even in the chaos of the Black Saturday brushfires in 2009 that torched over 1 million acres and left many ...

Across drought-prone California, high-voltage power lines that haven’t been needed in years hang unused from steel towers — a fire risk hiding in plain sight. One, near Los Angeles, has been accused ...

Residents are advised not to attempt to remove trees near power lines themselves and to contact their utility company. After the storm, residents should evaluate the damage, review insurance policies, ...