Industry Highlights

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 [...]

I almost fell out of my chair when I read these statistics – the percentage of the global population that is exposed to the risk of flood damage is expected to increase from 28% today to a [...]

Compared to electric utilities, water utilities have less of a need to worry about storm recovery, but the playing field is much more level when it comes to dealing with an epidemic or pandemic.  [...]

Virtual power plants could be one of the solutions to California’s ongoing power outage woes.  The idea is to connect homes that have solar panels on the roof, as well as batteries that store the [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is being urged to build a prototype fusion power plant in the 2040s, designed to generate clean electricity by exploiting the nuclear forces that power the [...]

It sounds pretty sci-fi, but so-called visual inspection robots have the potential to make power plant operations easier, safer and more reliable.  Conducting generator inspections is a [...]

Sam Randazzo has stepped down from his position as the head of the Ohio Public Utilities Commission (PUC) due to a federal bribery scandal involving subsidies for 2 nuclear power plants.  The [...]

The frequency of remote work has skyrocketed this year thanks to pandemic-related lockdowns.  While this has many benefits for both employees and employers alike, there is one crucial downside – [...]