Industry Highlights

Most of us realize what a siren indicates, but for those who are deaf or hearing-impaired, visual emergency alerts are necessary.  Unfortunately, these “non-audio alerts” lack some of the [...]

Malware is a huge risk to utility companies because it is cheap and easy to deploy, highly effective, and utilities are top targets for state-sponsored hackers.  Malware actually shut down [...]

The distributed microgrid market is rapidly evolving.  I’ve written about microgrids before, and they remain an excellent way to utilize renewable energy sources and boost power grid resiliency [...]

I recently read a scathing opinion piece in Forbes regarding an impending natural gas shortage in New York state caused by what amounts to a de facto ban on new pipeline development.  As [...]

Believe it or not, heat waves kill more people in the U.S. than any other type of extreme weather.  At least 1,300 heat-related fatalities occur in the US each and every year, and this number is [...]

Infrastructure inspections – whether it’s transmission & distribution lines, natural gas infrastructure, dams or bridges – are an absolute necessity to help maximize reliability, which, as [...]

The 1986 Chernobyl event is widely considered to be the worst nuclear disaster our planet has ever seen, far worse than the 2011 Fukushima incident.  Over 500 million people were exposed to [...]

I read an interesting article from the Guardian the other day that focused on the question of whether average hurricane strength is increasing because of climate change.  I, for one, certainly [...]

New advances in wireless monitoring technology can help improve utilities’ emergency preparedness by improving reliability, because as you know, the greater the reliability, the lower the [...]

Effective utility leadership can make or break employees’ commitment to emergency preparedness.  Effective leadership can help ensure that everyone is on the same page, working efficiently and [...]