When a circuit is pushed past its limits, it rarely fails politely. It signals trouble through tripped breakers, hot outlets, and flickering lights, and if you miss those early warnings, the result ...

Nobody looks forward to a power outage. After all, we rely on electricity to power appliances. And when there is a blackout, the situation can move from a minor to a stressful one quite easily. That ...

The failure of a critical piece of equipment in the Fremont electrical generation plant was the reason power went out for about 4,500 customers at about 9 p.m. on Christmas Eve, city officials stated ...

Power stations have quickly become one of the more popular products we test. It’s easy to see why: They offer silent operation and easy to move to wherever you need power. Their rising popularity has ...

SIKESTON, Mo. - An explosion from a circuit breaker inside one of Sikeston Power Plant's substations caused a power outage for two-thirds of the city Wednesday evening. At around 8:12 p.m. the the ...

A damaged circuit breaker in Met-Ed’s south Hamburg substation caused the outage Wednesday afternoon that left 5,624 customers without power in northern Berks County, according to the utility company.

Racking in or out a power circuit breaker is simple, right? Although this task sounds pretty straightforward in theory, that’s not always the case. In fact, during years of field work related to ...

Laurel Adams Ferns awoke Monday to no electricity at her Walnut Creek home, forcing a trip to a nearby cafe for an internet connection to get through her fourth outage in a little over a month, each ...

The transformation of the power landscape involves more than just generation. The distribution of electricity is being changed as well, with technology designed to make electrical systems safer, more ...

DANVERS — A problem with the town’s main electrical substation on Bow Street yesterday around 2 p.m. wound up knocking out power to approximately half the town, Department of Public Works Director ...