Industry Highlights

I just read a great article describing how the US Forest Service developed the organizational model used by all utilities during emergency response – the Incident Command Structure, or ICS.  [...]

The notion of unmanned power plants seems like something you might find in some futuristic society, but the truth is that it’s not all that far-fetched. The constant evolution of technology is [...]

The 3 natural gas utilities that deliver approximately 90% of Kansas’ natural gas have been ordered to develop a plan to replace obsolete distribution lines in the state.  The reason is that [...]

Nursing homes and other places where elderly people reside must be accounted for in emergency planning.  Sadly, the main reason this is top-of-mind is because eight Florida nursing home residents [...]

One of my favorite topics in the world of emergency preparedness is training, exercises and drills.  Most drills in the utility industry revolve around nasty weather, but I always encourage [...]

Between Hurricane Irma and Harvey, September 2017 has not been kind in terms of the weather here in the U.S.  But it could always be worse.  At the time of this writing, reports are starting to [...]

Electric utilities are becoming increasingly adept at developing and communicating outage data / outage statistics to employees and customers. Unfortunately, this same level of sharing has so far [...]

Utility companies are notorious for being slow to adapt to new consumer behaviors, but the time is now for utilities in all sectors to create accounts and monitor social media activity on a [...]

Could hydroelectric dams one day become obsolete?  That is the question pontificated in a very interesting article I just stumbled upon.  The article focuses on the vast Northwest hydroelectric [...]

As Hurricane Harvey approached the Texas coastline, people were ready.  Emergency responders, residents, utility companies, and municipal leaders were all hunkered down and ready to ride out the [...]