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    Typically 69 kV all the way up to 1200 kV, these lines transfer power in bulk from generation stations to city centers.

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    Podcasts

    Line Life Podcast: A More Bird-Friendly Sky

    Sept. 13, 2024
    This audio story explores how a Scottish utility can divert birds from power lines through a combination of drones, robots and specially designed visual signals.
    Photo courtesy of SSEN Transmission.
    Overhead Transmission

    A More Bird-Friendly Sky: Robots and UAVs Install Bird Diverters

    Aug. 6, 2024
    A combination of drones, robots and specially designed visual signals can divert birds from Scottish power lines.
    Photo courtesy of Eversource.
    Overhead Transmission

    FERC 1920: Meeting Electricity Demand with Faster Planning, Better Cost Recovery

    June 27, 2024
    FERC’s most far-reaching rule in decades is all about planning, building a more resilient grid and how to pay for upgrades.
    Photo courtesy of ATC.
    Overhead Transmission

    T&D World Interview: ATC CEO Teresa Mogensen

    May 3, 2024
    Transmission utility ATC hired an industry veteran as its CEO, and she answers T&D World's questions about the utility industry.
    The Ameren Illinois Roxford substation. The infrastructure project included substation upgrades and new transmission structures. Photo by Ameren.
    Substations

    Unique Solutions Guide Infrastructure Upgrades

    April 8, 2024
    Ameren Transmission works with partner to replace a transmission tower and upgrade a substation, with a positive impact on the Diverse Supplier Program along the way.

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    Resources

    Wildfire Risk Mitigation

    Feb. 16, 2022
    Learn about the tools and practices that minimize power equipment caused fires.
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    Overhead Transmission

    Mongolia Signs Additional Grant Agreement of $8.72 Million for Choir-Sainshand Transmission Line Project

    Oct. 17, 2024
    The transmission project will fund the construction of the 220 km Choir-Sainshand double circuit 220 kV transmission line, as well as the substations at Choir and Sainshand.
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    Utility Business

    DOE Awards $5 Million to Mon Power to Improve Electric Service Reliability of Rural West Virginia Customers

    Oct. 17, 2024
    The funding will help rebuild more than 23 miles of power lines in Pocahontas, Braxton and Clay counties and connect a two-mile alternate power line with a substation in Petersburg...
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    Overhead Transmission

    Hydro One and Partners Receive Approval on Final Environmental Assessment Report for Waasigan Transmission Line Project

    Oct. 14, 2024
    The line is expected to provide an additional 350 MW of electricity to the region to meet the current and future energy needs of Ontario’s northwest communities.
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    Overhead Transmission

    Bolano-Annunziata Power Line to Connect Sicily and Calabria

    Oct. 7, 2024
    Terna will invest $142.96 million for the realization of the project, which is strategic for the Sicilian grid and the entire national electricity system.