Industry Highlights

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 [...]

Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), the largest utility in New Jersey, received state approval in January 2021 on a 4-year, $700 million plan to rollout smart meters for its 2.3 [...]

I don’t know about you, but when I think about New York, tornado damage is certainly not the first thing that comes to mind.  But perhaps it should be?  I mean, New York is not in the same [...]

Researchers at Clarkson University have developed a new technology that uses waste milk to essentially absorb CO2 emissions during fossil fuel power plant operations.  It’s a very creative [...]

The folks at Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) published a list of the top 2020 utility trends, and although there is nothing totally Earth-shattering on the list, it definitely highlights where the [...]

There is little doubt that when it comes to emergency preparedness in the utility industry, vandalism is probably not the first thing that comes to mind.  We generally first think about natural [...]

I just read an awesome article profiling 5 startups that are working to reduce the impact of wildfires in California, including utility-caused forest fires. Thanks to funding from the state of [...]

I just read a very interesting Forbes article that compared the effectiveness of the radiation containment efforts following the atomic bomb testing in Utah during the 1950s, to the Fukushima [...]