Industry Highlights

In late September 2016, a sweeping power outage hit South Australia state, which has 1.7 million residents, caused by tornadoes, thunderstorms and strong winds.  Interestingly, despite the harsh [...]

More and more industry pundits and decision-makers are starting to focus on the so-called death print.  The costs to produce energy are typically framed in terms of the quantifiable dollars [...]

Emergency drills and exercises are not just the domain of utility companies.  A recent example was a week-long emergency exercise conducted by the Rockland Fire Department that involved a [...]

The overall utility workforce is aging, and this represents a huge challenge across the entire industry.  The aging workforce means that more and more people will be retiring in the near [...]

Ameren Missouri, which provides electricity to 1.2 million customers, is getting serious about making a substantial investment in improving its transmission and distribution infrastructure.  The [...]

I just read an interesting article that compared the first presidential debate to the process of being prepared for an emergency.  To quickly recap, everyone with eyes could see that Hillary was [...]

I recently read an interesting article describing the impact of IT-OT convergence on utility systems and operations.  IT-OT convergence refers to the integration of data-centric information [...]

What is the Dunning Kruger Effect?  Let me explain via example. I almost couldn’t believe my ears.  U.S. representative Marsha Blackburn recently stated, when asked her opinion regarding Donald [...]

Duke Energy, which has 7.4 million electric customers, has acquired Piedmont Natural Gas for $4.9 billion, a move that will accelerate Duke’s movement away from coal as the company positions [...]