Industry Highlights

Electric vehicle growth is inevitable, but according to a report just released by the Rocky Mountain Institute, over-saturation of electric vehicles could cripple the grid.  This is an [...]

The large California electric utilities have plans to strategically deploy planned blackouts during high-risk periods to help control wildfires throughout the state.  While this might be the [...]

During a Sept. 2019 news briefing, Tokyo Electric Power Company said that it will start dumping radioactive water from the shuttered Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean.  This is the [...]

Wildfire camera monitoring systems are the latest weapon in the battle against large-scale forest fires.  These monitoring systems are comprised of a network of high-def, near infrared cameras [...]

If cybersecurity is not high on your company’s priority list, you’re at risk.  System hacking is a major threat to utilities.  Viruses, malware, and other nastiness is always lurking.  And now a [...]

Hurricane Dorian is in the books, and as I’m sure you know, it was absolutely devastating to the islands off the coast of Florida.  In recent years, scientists, meteorologists, and other [...]

I read an interesting article in Forbes about a potential nuclear plant security breach caused by bitcoin mining.  Someone apparently set up shop in the power plant and in the process, [...]

Microlearning might just be the next wave of best-in-class utility training.  This concept reflects a shift in how we process information, and it’s a shift mainly attributable to the [...]

After successful testing, Facebook emergency alerts are now available for local government officials to quickly alert the public of an impending emergency.  This is great news because it [...]

The Columbia Gas disaster, in which multiple Massachusetts communities were rocked by a series of natural gas explosions, happened one year ago today. Although Columbia Gas remains under scrutiny [...]