Industry Highlights

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 [...]

SoCalGas, the largest natural gas distributor in North America, recently introduced plans for a proposed hydrogen energy system called Angeles Link to serve Southern California.  The proposed [...]

Microgrids are increasingly common, and so are microgrid cyberattacks.  As a refresher, microgrids are like mini grids that are separated from the main grid, and are often used for hospitals, [...]

If you think tunneling robots are the stuff of science fiction, think again!  California-based robotics company Petra has created a robotic device that can tunnel through cumbersome terrain like [...]

As I’m sure you already know, wildfire mitigation in California is of critical importance, which is why I was stoked to read about the success that Southern California Edison (SCE) has been [...]

You know that forest fires are increasing in frequency, but did you know that there is actually already technology in existence for preventing wildfires?  While there are a variety of causes – [...]

As I’m sure you know, when the lights go out, outage misinformation has a way of running rampant across social media.  This is extremely problematic, because it could undermine all the good [...]