Industry Highlights

Image courtesy of Christoph Scholz courtesy of Flickr under creative commons license, resized to 700×391 pixels. You’ve no doubt heard of 5G – the fifth generation of mobile networking [...]

A state-of-the-art overhead fault monitoring device rolled out by Chicago-based S&C Electric looks like a great solution for mitigating nuisance power outages for customers located on the [...]

I’ve seen a lot in my emergency preparedness career, but a power outage caused by someone scaling an electrical tower is a new one!  I mean, I obviously realize that nasty weather is not the only [...]

The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) recently released, in conjunction with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the California Energy Commission (CEC), a draft of [...]

In February 2022, three white supremacists plead guilty to a domestic terrorism plot that was designed to take down the U.S. power grid.  It was a disgusting act and really reinforces the reality [...]

California-based Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) plans to utilize methane leak detection technology to analyze 1.2 million service lines, gas meters and pipelines across its service [...]

Florida Power & Light (FPL) continues to take steps to improve the reliability of its electric service, and the results of these efforts have been tremendous – the company claims to have [...]

Russia’s ill-conceived attack on Ukraine has prompted concerns of a possible Russian cyberattack on critical infrastructure here in the U.S. – including utility infrastructure.  In fact, U.S. [...]

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its Annual Energy Outlook 2022 in March 2022.  The report, always a good read each and every year, forecasts how things will shake out in the [...]

In February 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced its intention to develop a $6 billion nuclear plant program in an effort to help prop up the struggling industry.  The nuclear [...]