Smart transformers are designed to help better manage power for cities, and the largest smart transformer in the world ...

In power distribution systems, three-phase transformer configuration directly impacts system reliability and load management.

Normally, when you want a low DC voltage from the AC line, you think about using a transformer of some kind. [RCD66] noticed that an AC monitor meter must have some sort of power supply but had no ...

A shed fire in Loudoun County led to a transformer explosion and fire involving high-tension power lines Wednesday.

As reported Thursday on News Center 7 Daybreak, both directions of State Route 4 were closed at the Clark/Champaign County line due to strong wind gusts. ODOT’s website reports both directions are ...

Once electricity finally reaches your home from the power plant, it's not in the same form that it left in. When power is created at a plant, it's produced at a voltage that's either too low or too ...

A shed fire that spread to high-tension power lines sparked a transformer explosion in Virginia, forcing a power shutdown and ...

A Modesto man was electrocuted and killed on Tuesday afternoon after he touched the main power line of a transformer, ...

A city life line can give way within minutes and on Sunday night, in the case of 11,000 of the inhabitants of San Francisco ...

Animals also play a role in the reliability of the overall power system. Sometimes Mother Nature and modern technology just don't mix -- especially when it comes to the nation's power grids. Gusty ...