A Des Moines cat put a few of its 9 lives on the line in 2008 when it chased a squirrel up a power pole on the city's ...

Tens of thousands of Central Floridians were still waiting to have their power restored on Friday, a day after Hurricane ...

Damage went beyond downed power lines. Hundreds of substations went out after the storm. Getting them back online is ...

You flip a switch, the lights come on, and maybe you think about all the wiring and transformers that bring us power. Few ...

Toronto police responded to reports of an electrical pole on fire near Danforth and Victoria Park Avenues around 7:35 p.m. on ...

Georgia Power also is working to repair damage to substations, which use transformers to reduce voltage before electricity is ...

flyback transformers are used extensively in switched-mode power supplies and other wide-ranging applications. Distribution transformers are pole-mounted devices that provide the final step-down ...

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) crews have arrived in Central Florida to assist in restoring power following the ...

The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report on a small plane crash that killed a man in Morgan ...

The Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative called on Thursday, Oct. 10, for patience as it works to restore power.

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Cancel anytime. Winds that reached nearly 100 mph uprooted trees, broke power poles, downed wires and blew out transformers. Those were the conditions Omaha Public Power District workers and ...