Industry Highlights

The good old press conference remains a tried and true approach for utilities to communicate during emergency outages despite the ever-growing onslaught of new age tactics like social media.  The [...]

As the world grows increasingly interconnected, so does the cyber threat of malicious system hacking.  This is not exactly recent news, but the threat of system hacks seems to be growing.  While [...]

I recently stumbled onto an article that discussed 15 customer service traits that can enable companies in any industry to wow their customers.  Although the tips are not utility-specific, they [...]

Training effectiveness in the utility sector is near and dear to my heart.  My company specializes in this (as well an emergency planning), and I personally take great pains to do it right.  But [...]

The current hurricane warning system (Saffir-Simpson) is relatively simplistic in that it categorizes events into one of five categories.  Although this system helps to quantify the magnitude of [...]

Occasionally, as I conduct research for new blog posts, I encounter articles that truly surprise me.  And today is one of those days.  According to an April 2017 article in the Fayetteville [...]

There is an interesting school of thought that geoengineering – processes designed to reengineer the climate itself – could be an effective means to counteract climate change.  For example, using [...]

Up until recently, the term electric utility modernization might have seemed like an oxymoron, but as Bob Dylan once said, the times they are a changin’! Although all utilities are in the midst [...]

It is no secret that drones are getting a lot of hype these days, a phenomenon that really kicked into high gear when Jeff Bezos announced on 60 Minutes his intention to utilize drones to make [...]

Electric utility substation security is of paramount importance, as substations tend to be more vulnerable to physical attacks than other parts of the power grid.  However, securing these [...]