Those bright orange spheres strung along certain power lines are not decorative, and they are not there to keep the wires ...

On a cloudy day in mid-July, a crew of technicians carried a shiny metal orb, about the size and weight of a kid’s bowling ball, under a 110-kilovolt transmission line running near Hamburg, Germany.

For decades, U.S. electricity demand was steady, allowing utilities to plan gradual growth and maintain the grid with modest upgrades. That era is over. The convergence of electric vehicles (EVs), ...

While Maryland Gov. Wes Moore blames the controversy over a 70-mile power line project solely on the regional electricity grid operator, both an energy attorney and a legislative leader dispute the ...