The first pole-top insulators were invented to support telegraph lines in the 1840’s. They were made of glass and functioned both as mechanical support of the wire and to insulate it from the wooden ...

The Lincoln Electric System will replace defective insulators on towers beginning Monday. The work will take place between the utility’s N.W. 68th and Holdrege streets substation to the Mark T. Moore ...

City Council Monday night received an update from FirstEnergy about efforts to improve power reliability in parts of the city ...

In this modern, technologically inclined age, power is crucial for all aspects of daily life. Keeping the lights on, running computers and appliances, giving those in poor health proper care, and more ...

Engineers in Australia have found a new way to make power-pole insulators resistant to fire and electrical sparking, promising to prevent dangerous pole-top fires and reduce blackouts. Pole-top fires ...

Electric field optimisation in composite insulators is a critical area of research aimed at enhancing the performance and durability of high-voltage power transmission systems. By reducing localized ...

LENOX — They say lightning never strikes the same place twice. At the Electric Power Research Institute’s Transmission and Distribution Laboratory, lightning strikes as many times as it likes — just ...