Industry Highlights

The European Space Agency is making tremendous strides in the realm of utilizing satellite technology to predict the nature and severity of storms.  The program, called “Destination Earth” aims [...]

Nuclear batteries could very well be the saving grace for electric utilities interested in boosting reliability and generation efficiency.  The reason is that they can help utilities move toward [...]

I’m not a gamer, but I absolutely love this idea nonetheless.  The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is aiming to bring its Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) [...]

The momentum is growing when it comes to the adoption of performance-based regulation (PBR) in the electric utility industry.  In fact, in Dec. 2019, Hawaiian Electric (HECO) announced that it [...]

One difference (of many) between the Biden administration and the Trump administration is Biden’s focus on climate change and, similarly, efforts to harden systems and improve storm protection.  [...]

A conglomerate consisting of multiple regulatory bodies has released a final report on the root cause of the August 2020 rolling blackouts in California.  Although the results of the root cause [...]

Wow, I just had to write a quick blog post about an article I just read about Bill Gates and his financing of a sun-dimming technology designed to reverse climate change by reflecting sunlight [...]

Although some utilities are at the forefront of utilizing 5G wireless technology, most are not.  But that is a mistake, because 5G wireless technology will likely become a critical element of [...]

New statistics published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Centers for Environmental Information show a disturbing trend when it comes to the [...]

As I’m sure you know, the extreme threat of forest fires in California has made planned outages an unfortunate reality, but new advances in weather technology are helping to flip the script.  In [...]