Industry Highlights

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 [...]

Earthquakes, massive forest fires, and now megadroughts?  Wow, utilities in the western U.S. clearly have more than their fair share of challenges.  As if this isn’t bad enough, political [...]

Electric utility customers need to prepare themselves for a rough summer in terms of electric reliability, thanks to the extreme heat that is expected to pound the nation in 2021 and beyond.  [...]

It’s no secret that pipe rehabilitation is top of mind for water utilities, especially whenever a utility experiences multiple water main breaks in a short period of time that can lead to flooded [...]

You have no doubt heard about – and maybe even felt the impact of – the Colonial Pipeline cyber-attack.  It cost the pipeline operator millions of dollars in ransom payments and picked the [...]

The electric cooperatives operating in Texas held up nicely against Winter Storm Uri, which hit in February 2021 and caused nearly 4.5 million customers to lose power (nearly 70% of the state’s [...]

More than 2 billion pounds of toxic sewage sludge, a byproduct of wastewater treatment, makes its way into landfills every year in the U.S. alone, polluting waterways as well as the atmosphere.  [...]

Although it’s one of the cleanest energy sources around, there is a faction of society that remains steadfastly anti-nuclear.  And, right or wrong, the Fukushima and Chernobyl disasters are [...]