Industry Highlights

Pipeline attacks, as well as attacks on other types of energy infrastructure, are on the rise in the U.S., thanks not only to terrorism, but to pipeline protests as well.  This is an obvious [...]

California Gov. Jerry Brown recently proposed a massive $16 billion plan to build 35-mile long water tunnels to help ship water from the Sacramento River in northern California to farms and [...]

No longer optional, storm hardening is now absolutely necessary to deal with the increasingly volatile weather patterns we have been experiencing across the U.S. and around the world.  Massive [...]

Military readiness is a critical yet often overlooked aspect of emergency preparedness.  We depend on military personnel to help keep us safe, but the role of the military during a large-scale [...]

They say it takes a village, and the new Restore Program is a great example of this.  Recently joined by Duke Energy, the Restore Program is a consortium of 28 electric utilities that have come [...]

I recently stumbled onto an interesting article by a former Navy guy that puts forth some thought-provoking recommendations for fixing the power grid.  Much of the list is a rehash of things [...]

I recently read an excellent article from EHS Today that discussed the “five planning P’s” of emergency response.  The article was written from a facility manager’s point of view, but I think the [...]

Is your company’s SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system at risk?  You bet it is! What is SCADA and Why is it at Risk? There are 3 primary risk factors for SCADA systems: [...]

It’s official, thanks to North Korea’s shenanigans, bomb shelter sales are soaring.  With the escalating war of words between Kim Jong-Un and Donald Trump, many people are assuming the worst-case [...]

When it comes to personal protective equipment or PPE, the 3 top priorities are generally your head, eyes and hands.  I have covered similar topics around PPE and lineman safety before, including [...]