In the first moments of the Maui fires, when high winds brought down power poles, slapping electrified wires to the dry grass below, there was a reason the flames erupted all at once in long, neat ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — As the chance of thunderstorms increases in the Las Vegas Valley, officials from NV Energy said they have completed replacing wood poles with more durable materials able to ...

Powercor is trialling wrapping a new fire-retardant mesh around wooden power poles. Photo by Supplied A Victorian-first trial ...

Woodpecker activity increasingly threatens wooden utility poles, causing accelerated degradation and costly replacements.

The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) Board of Directors has approved a five-year plan to replace more than 8,000 wooden power poles across its 6,000-square-mile service area. The $43.6 million ...

Florida Power & Light is replacing wooden utility poles with concrete ones in Bay County to improve storm resilience. The project aims to speed up recovery times and minimize power outages after ...