Entergy will spend $137 million upgrading its power lines, poles to withstand extreme weather
The Texas utility regulator has given Entergy the green light to spend $137 million to strengthen its portion of the electric ...
WNCT Greenville on MSN3d
City of Washington commends utility workers after transmission pole fire
Washington City officials are complimenting utilities workers after they spent six hours repairing a transmission pole late ...
WWNO10d
Entergy Louisiana asking to bill customers a storm fee for Hurricane Francine recovery
Entergy Louisiana wants to add a new storm fee to its customers’ electric bills to recover funds it spent on repairs from ...
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Raccoons cause utility pole fire in southern Illinois
RANDOLPH COUNTY, Ill. (WSIL) -- A local electric company sent crews out to a utility pole on fire on Thursday evening after some raccoons started a fire to it. The Egyptian Electric Cooperative ...
The New York Times10d
Power lines, involved in previous California fires, will be under scrutiny again.
Fierce winds have been blowing through Southern California, snapping trees and branches, including those near power poles and ... and another utility, San Diego Gas & Electric, to begin cutting ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat11d
Power restored to more than 5,600 PG&E customers in Rohnert Park, Cotati
A vehicle crashed into a power pole Sunday, knocking out power to 5,691 customers, according to a PG&E spokesperson.
WYFF10d
South Carolina: Getting your home ready for extreme cold, ice, snow
FORKLIFTS ARE STOCKING THE WAREHOUSE OF SUPPLIES AT THE BLUE RIDGE ELECTRIC CO-OP, AS THE UTILITY COMPANY PREPARES ... ICE ON THE POLES. THAT’S WHERE THE PROBLEM COMES IN. SO WE’RE GOOD ...
The Press of Atlantic City23d
Damaged utility pole leads to power outage in Cape May
Police said Atlantic City Electric would disconnect the power for several hours while repairs were underway. As of 8 a.m., police said, Verizon had informed them the utility pole could be repaired ...
The Spectacular Burnout of a Solar Panel Salesman
From Trump, Musk, and Putin to the CEOs, crypto schmoes, and solar bros, meet the patriarchy controlling the purse strings. Colvin’s brawny new acquaintance wanted to steer him toward a different ...
Philippine Daily Inquirer15d
Iloilo City gov’t removes public utility lines along Calle Real
Personnel from the City Engineer’s Office started dismantling the lines and poles of public utility ... led by the city’s distribution utility, MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE ...
Electric Energy Online3d
Weathering the Weather: The Benefits of Composite Utility Poles in Storm Zones
Nearly 175 years after America’s first wooden utility poles were installed to carry telegraph wires ... TECO/EMERA 2016 According to a 2013 White House Report, Economic Benefits of Increasing Electric ...
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Pole disputes are slowing West Virginia’s broadband rollout. Other states may have found a fix.
A pole replacement fund was proposed by West Virginia lawmakers in 2022 but was removed before it could make it to the ...