I recently chaired a task force under IEEE Subcommittee 15.11 (overhead lines) to revise Standard 738, IEEE’s standard for calculating the current-temperature relationship of bare overhead conductors.

The 60-kV line that was part of the unmanned aerial vehicle line inspection pilot project runs above these trees. EDP Distribuição, the largest distribution utility in Portugal has a large ...

A new paper, scheduled for release at the 2015 IEEE IAS Electrical Safety Workshop examines the occupations most at-risk for fatal overhead power line incidents. Some of the occupations associated ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. (Oct. 17, 2016) - Overhead power lines are so common that we practically don't see them when we look down a road or walk around a building. Birds sit on them and pairs of shoes hang ...

Replacing overhead lines, the task force found, would take a quarter century and $41 billion, increasing average residential customer bills by 125%. Though less likely to fail in a snowstorm, routine ...