Industry Highlights

Maintaining and improving safety performance is a top priority for utility companies and directly impacts emergency preparedness.  Across all utility sectors, great improvements have been [...]

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) publishes its Infrastructure Report Card every 4 years.  The report card, prepared by a team of 28 civil engineers, assesses the overall condition [...]

On the surface, it would be easy for utilities to have a laissez-faire attitude toward negative customer feedback.  I mean, let’s face it, despite the push to deregulate, especially on the [...]

A recent report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) warns that some parts of the U.S. could see up to 8-foot sea level increases by the year 2100.  New York City in [...]

Disasters are usually caused by natural forces, but earthquakes are increasingly being caused by human activity, particularly hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.  A prime example of this is in [...]

Most people are aware of the crumbling state of our nation’s aging water infrastructure, but despite the growing awareness of the problem, not enough is being done about it.  Philadelphia in [...]

I recently read an article that discussed the utility leadership challenges that exist today.  According to the article, the biggest leadership challenge is leading multiple generations of [...]

As you likely already know, “fake news” is a new buzzword that was made popular during the Trump presidential campaign.  In my opinion, the growing propensity of fake news (or less extreme [...]

The PJM Interconnection, which is the regional transmission organization that manages the movement of wholesale electricity in the Northeast, has announced that is has given the green light to [...]

I just stumbled onto a troubling article.  Authorities in Tennessee recently struggled to contain raging forest fires because some of the fire hydrants ran dry. According to the local Fire Chief, [...]