Industry Highlights

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 [...]

Japan is struggling with what to do with the radioactive waste left behind from the Fukushima disaster.  Six years after the tsunami-induced catastrophe, the melted fuel in the reactors continues [...]

Distributed generation refers to electricity generated at the point of consumption, such as a backup generator or rack of solar panels.  These mini-systems could be used in isolation or could be [...]

The growing proliferation of satellites will, one day, create a proliferation of space junk, and believe it or not this has an impact on utility emergency preparedness.  The good news is that [...]

Germany is a leader in renewable energy thanks to its aggressive attitude toward climate change, and the country’s electric power industry is about to embark upon a brave new world of [...]

As I have previously written, power plant hacking – especially on nuclear plants like Oyster Creek – is increasing in frequency and severity.  Oyster Creek is particularly at risk due [...]

The state of New Jersey recently executed an initiative known as NJ Pilot Light 2017 (NJPL), an exercise designed to evaluate the resiliency of the natural gas sector in the face of a [...]

A research study recently published in Energy Policy suggests that power plant retirement activities actually hinder the ability of electric utilities to achieve their long-term carbon dioxide [...]