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This sensor, made by Heimdall Power, helps the operator of a power line know how much more power can be sent through the line. The eight-pound ball is photographed in Norway. Credit: Heimdall Power

Grid-Enhancing ‘Magic Balls’ to Get a Major Test in Minnesota

By Dan Gearino
The Minnesota Energy Infrastructure Permitting Act could streamline the regulatory approval process for clean energy projects. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Minnesota Eyes Permitting Reform for Clean Energy Amid Gridlock in Congress

By Kristoffer Tigue
The sun sets behind power transmission lines, part of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state's power grid. Credit: Nick Wagner/Xinhua via Getty Images.

As Texas Cranks Up the AC, Congested Transmission Lines Cause Renewable Power to Go to Waste

By Keaton Peters
Reports from Brattle Group and Concentric Energy Advisors take opposing sides on questions about the effectiveness of competition in building transmission lines, and state lawmakers often don't have the expertise to know what to believe. Photo Illustration by Paul Horn

How Dueling PDFs Explain a Fight Over the Future of the Grid

By Dan Gearino
Power lines in Flagstaff, Arizona. Credit: Paul S. Howell/Liaison

SunZia Southwest Transmission Project Receives Final Federal Approval

By Emma Peterson
A view of high voltage transmission towers on Feb. 21, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Utilities Seize Control of the Coming Boom in Transmission Lines

By Dan Gearino
A power pole that has split after the CZU Lightning Complex fire rolled through the area leans precariously over Empire Grade in Bonny Doon, California on Aug. 20, 2020. Credit: Shmuel Thaler/MediaNews Group/Santa Cruz Sentinel via Getty Images

Is Burying Power Lines Fire-Prevention Magic, or Magical Thinking?

By Angela K. Evans
Protesters march to a rally outside of Lowry, Minnesota in March 1978 to try to stop construction of an interstate power line that would cut across the region. Photo by Luther Gerlach, a University of Minnesota anthropologist, who documented the protests as part of his work to understand social movements related to energy.

An Energy Transition Needs Lots of Power Lines. This 1970s Minnesota Farmers’ Uprising Tried to Block One. What Can it Teach Us?

By Dan Gearino
Philanthropist Warren Buffett is joined onstage by 24 other philanthropist and influential business people featured on the Forbes list of 100 Greatest Business Minds during the Forbes Media Centennial Celebration at Pier 60 on September 19, 2017 in New York City. Credit: Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Warren Buffett Explains the Need for a Massive Energy Makeover

By Dan Gearino
Engineer examines settings inside the yard of an electric substation

Energy Industry Jobs Bonanza Predicted

By Maria Gallucci, SolveClimate News

DOE Eye-Opener: Electric Grid Could Accommodate Renewable Energy Goals

By Dave Levitan

Wind Industry Fights Midwest Transmission Proposal to Stay Alive

By Stacy Feldman

Groups Sue to Shift Bush Admin's Western Power Line Routes

By Laura Shin

House Testimony Undermines Wisdom of Massive Electric Grid Expansion

By David Sassoon
Power Transmission Lines

Transmission Superhighway On Track to Carry Cheap, Dirty Coal Power to Northeast

By David Sassoon

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