Industry Highlights

Today’s post can best be viewed as a cautionary tale.  A May 2021 explosion at the Calpine-owned Hayward Power Plant, a natural gas-plant that can supply electricity to 600,000 homes, could have [...]

Today I thought I’d go back to the basics and talk about the differences and similarities between business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR).  I’m certain there is much confusion and [...]

As of the time of this writing (July 2021), an eye-popping one-third of the state of California is now categorized as suffering “exceptional drought,” which is the highest and most intense [...]

When it comes to animal-caused power outages, things can get a little weird.  Although storms get most of the press when it comes to outages, animals like squirrels, birds and racoons literally [...]

The so-called hydrogen economy could unleash a plethora of benefits for electric utilities of all shapes and sizes.  Hydrogen, which can help reduce carbon emissions, can already be transported [...]

I just read an interesting article about how transactive energy might be the golden ticket for improving power grid resilience.  The concept is currently being studied by researchers at Pacific [...]

California-based PG&E has built the first-ever standalone power system (SPS) designed to help mitigate the threat of forest fires and other natural disasters on the company’s electric [...]

This post may not be directly related to emergency preparedness, but I thought it was interesting enough to share anyway.  A new startup company called Elektrik is aiming to become the Amazon of [...]

According to a variety of researchers, cybersecurity experts, and government officials, industrial control systems in the energy industry are one of the leading vulnerabilities when it comes to [...]

According to recent statistics from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), electric utilities are continuing to increase the amount they are spending on distribution system maintenance and [...]