The Conversation

Overhead power lines kill millions of birds a year. Scientists found a way to help cut the devastating toll

James Pay receives funding from the Australian Research Council (LP210200539), NRM South, Woolnorth Renewables, TasNetworks, the Bookend Trust, New Forests, Norske Skog, ACEN Renewables, Ark Energy ...
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Austin Energy to Incorporate Results of Studies of Overhead Electrical Distribution Lines Into Comprehensive Reliability Plan

Austin Energy partnered with engineering firm 1898 & Co. to study the feasibility and cost of burying overhead power lines. A second study, focused on hardening existing overhead lines in areas ...
Los Angeles Times

‘This fire could have been prevented’: How utilities fought removal of old power lines

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 ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

SDG&E wants to place more power lines underground to reduce wildfires. Is it worth the expense?

San Diego Gas & Electric officials want the California Public Utilities Commission to boost the miles of power lines the company is allowed to place underground as part of SDG&E’s efforts to reduce ...
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Here's how much Austin Energy says it would cost to bury all the power lines in the city

A new study has found that burying all of Austin Energy's overhead power lines would cost $50 billion and require decades of work. In February 2023, an ice storm knocked out power for hundreds of ...