Industry Highlights

As we all know, emergency preparedness for a utility in any sector boils down to storm response.  We plan, and plan, and plan some more, in order to maximize the efficiency, effectiveness, [...]

Puerto Rico is still trying to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Maria in 2017, and in an effort to try and prevent a similar catastrophe, PREPA (Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority) has [...]

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued 7 new WIFIA loans to help fund initiatives to implement some much-needed water infrastructure enhancements.  The goal is to improve water [...]

Are planned outages a viable outage-reduction strategy?  According to PG&E – in addition to enhanced vegetation management, increased line inspections, and the deployment of sensors, [...]

If you’re anything like me, the importance of fire hydrants is typically not top-of-mind.  They are pervasive but sort of fade into the background of our landscapes, only rising in [...]

Urban planning is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about emergency preparedness, yet it is related to preparedness on multiple levels.  It’s true that the vast [...]

Yes, apparently it is possible to use goats to prevent forest fires.  A town in California that survived the 2018 fire devastation is pulling out all the stops to protect itself from a future [...]

A new study predicts that in 30 years, water service interruptions will become commonplace thanks to climate change.  This is an unusual angle when it comes to global warming, so let’s explore! [...]

Coal power has been getting a bad wrap in the U.S. for several years, thanks in large part to the increasingly enhanced desire for electricity from renewable energy sources.  As such, many coal [...]

Utilities leveraging apps for emergency restoration?  You better believe it! The rapid pace of technological innovation across all sectors of our society is incredible when you stop and [...]