I recently read an article from The Atlantic that dubbed the coronavirus outbreak as a “patchwork pandemic” due to its inconsistent spread across the U.S. The inconsistency in the [...]
The dam failure that occurred on May 20, 2020, in Midland County, Michigan forced local officials and businesses to quickly implement their flood emergency plans. This was critical in order to [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published a water utility pandemic checklist entitled, Incident Action Checklist – Pandemic Incidents. The 8-page document is essentially [...]
In May 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a hurricane pandemic plan entitled, COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance for the 2020 Hurricane Season. While it does not [...]
SCADA security must be an obsessive focus for all utilities, especially those in the power sector. SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) is a type of Industrial Control System [...]
The Department of Energy (DOE) is investigating the use of energy storage technology, particularly thermal and chemical energy storage, to improve the reliability and cleanliness of fossil fuel [...]
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that from time to time I like to focus on disaster planning efforts in other industries. To this end, I recently came across an article on [...]
The Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council (ESCC) published the most recent version of its COVID-19 resource and mitigation guide for the power sector. Version 8 of the “ESCC Resource [...]
When homes are built in flood prone areas, it goes against emergency preparedness principles. Emergency preparedness is, by definition, designed to reduce the impact of an emergency situation, [...]
When it comes to renewable energy, distributed wind – e.g., smaller (1 kilowatt to 1 megawatt) turbines installed at schools, ranches, etc. – has been muscled out by solar power. Some of the [...]
