As a master electrician and retired chief electrical inspector, I’ve seen my share of underground wiring over the years. Most ...

Besides underground power cable, it’s also possible to slice ... you may be tempted to just twist the wires and wrap the splice with electrical tape. It won’t work. Instead, head to a home ...

By placing utility equipment like wires and transformers underground, it is part of the hardening of ... Power (LADWP), ...

Spring has sprung and with it comes gardening and landscaping projects — and even major renovations — that require digging.

In the story, a large underground distribution cable — the Scattergood-Olympic transmission line — had a failure in the late 1980s. The 10 mile line has three high-voltage phases and when the ...

Public Safety officials said an electrical issue led to a fire underground, creating pressure that caused the manhole covers ...