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    Courtesy of Mike Beehler.
    Beehler reminds the audience that the industry sets many goals related to carbon, net zero energy, renewable integration and electrification of transportation, and that the industry benefits from the discussion and debate. Courtesy of Mike Beehler.
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    PG&E team members working recently at an undergrounding project in Vacaville, northeast of Oakland

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    Green Valley Distribution Undergrounding Project

    Nov. 27, 2023
    The Southern Co. unit's Central Engineering Green Valley project achieves simpler maintenance and better reliability with undergrounding distribution lines.
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    Creative Underground Transmission Construction in Queens

    Nov. 17, 2023
    Consolidated Edison considers options for building new underground transmission lines that will carry increasing amounts of renewable energy to customer in New York City.
    Belgium: Dry outdoor cooler where the switching losses of the converter are released. Some of the losses are captured and used to heat the building.
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    Interconnector Brings Flexibility To European Market

    Oct. 26, 2023
    New evolved flow-based approach used for first interconnector between Belgium and Germany.
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    National Grid UK Holds Public Consultation On Plans To Upgrade Electricity Infrastructure Between Grain And Tilbury

    Sept. 28, 2023
    The company proposes to build a new cable tunnel underneath the Thames and two new headhouses to connect the tunnel at Gravesend and Tilbury.
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    An overhead line worker for Dominion. As part of its undergrounding program, Dominion studied which of its overhead lines were the most outage prone.
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    Dominion Undergrounds 1800 Miles and Counting

    March 2, 2023
    Dominion Energy replaces its most outage-prone overhead electric distribution lines with cost-effective underground lines.
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    It is hard to ignore extreme weather events and natural disasters — and their effect on power delivery to customers in many regions.
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    Intelligent Line Sensing for Reliability

    Sept. 20, 2023
    Savings associated with reductions in customer minutes interrupted and O&M costs more than offset the price of intelligent line sensors.
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    Iowa Board Approves 525 kV Underground HVDC SOO Green Transmission Line Project

    Sept. 18, 2023
    The order finds that the proposed line is necessary to serve a public use and represents a reasonable relationship to an overall plan of transmitting electricity in the public...
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    Rebuilding Lahaina

    Aug. 22, 2023
    How can local Hawaiians safely and affordably rebuild their beautiful homes, reclaim their rich history and restore business vitality among the smoldering ruins of Lahaina town...
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    T&D World Live Session Highlight: 50% Underground by 2040

    Aug. 14, 2023
    This panel of utility experts at T&D World Live 2023 in Sacramento will discuss this provocative idea and offer ideas of innovative improvements in planning, design and construction...