Industry Highlights

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 [...]

SAP, along with cloud consulting firm Onapsis, recently issued a warning regarding a vulnerability in unpatched SAP systems that run enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.  The sad part [...]

By now all of us are highly accustomed to wireless technology as it relates to small devices like laptops and smart phones, but new developments are bringing the technology to larger scale [...]

New research published by the National Library of Medicine (of all places) cites heat wave blackouts as perhaps the deadliest outcome of climate change going forward.  The study paints a picture [...]

The utilization of mobile GIS technology (AKA geographic information system) can pay massive dividends for utilities in every way, from asset management & maintenance to outage restoration [...]

Coastal utilities could be facing a grim future if current weather trends continue for much longer.  Coastlines are at risk of eroding away, increasing the exposure of coastal communities to the [...]

Fiber optic communication solutions could be just what the doctor ordered for utilities looking to upgrade and enhance their transmission & distribution infrastructure. The rise of always-on [...]

OSHA recently released its preliminary list of the 10 most common OSHA violations occurring in 2020.  Although the list is comprised of the usual suspects, safety is so important that it’s always [...]