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Technology demonstration aims to boost reliability, unlock capacity, and prepare California's grid for extreme weather and additional renewable energy integration OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 11, 2025 ...

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.

Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Light Company (DLC) is moving forward with a significant expansion of advanced grid-monitoring technology aimed at increasing transmission capacity and preparing its ...

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) recently announced the successful launch of its Dynamic Line Rating (DLR) and Asset Health Monitoring (AHM) technology demonstration, bringing together advanced ...

TEL AVIV, Israel, March 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Prisma Photonics, a pioneer in grid monitoring technology using advanced optical fiber sensing, today announced an evaluation program in partnership ...

Great River Energy’s dynamic line rating (DLR) project is the largest DLR deployment to date in the U.S. based on the number of sensors installed. Early results identified a 48.92% increase in power ...

Industry Insight from Reuters Events, a part of Thomson Reuters. U.S. grid owners are investing in cost-efficient grid enhancements and virtual power plant schemes to help meet soaring demand but ...