Industry Highlights

Image courtesy of Western Area Power under Attribution 2.0 Generic Deed, resized to 700 x 391 pixels. The Texas grid, operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), has faced [...]

Image courtesy of FirstEnergy under Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic, resized to 700 x 391 pixels. Canada’s commitment to a sustainable future is evident in its ambitious initiatives to [...]

Image courtesy of Oregon Department of Transportation under Attribution 2.0 Generic, resized to 700 x 391 pixels. While it’s not something utilities do directly, the effectiveness of clearing [...]

Image courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region under Attribution 2.0 Generic, resized to 700 x 391 pixels. Recent research has revealed that, unfortunately, climate change has [...]

Image courtesy of Rennett Stowe under Attribution 2.0 Generic Deed, resized to 700 x 391 pixels. Electric utilities can use lateral reclosers to improve reliability in several ways, which is [...]

Image courtesy of Sebastian Werner under Attribution 2.0 Generic Deed, resized to 700 x 391 pixels. The DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has launched an initiative to utilize [...]

Image courtesy of Nate Grigg under Attribution 2.0 Generic Deed, resized to 700 x 391 pixels. Lack of manpower is a key issue during major storm restoration efforts, which is why mutual aid is a [...]

Image courtesy of pgegreenenergy under Attribution 2.0 Generic Deed, resized to 700 x 391 pixels. The push for renewable energy has prompted more and more interest in utility scale solar PV [...]

Image courtesy of EIA under Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic Deed, resized to 700 x 391 pixels. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently published an interesting analysis of how [...]

Image courtesy of Tim Samoff under Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic Deed, resized to 700 x 391 pixels. Heat exposure is a tremendous hazard for utility workers when restoring power in the hot [...]