Industry Highlights

Chinese hackers are apparently the newest threat to US energy infrastructure.  As the late, great Yogi Berra once pontificated, it’s like déjà vu all over again! We’ve been hearing about [...]

I read an interesting article from Bridge Energy Group that advocates utilizing the so-called gig economy to replace retiring utility workers.  The gig economy involves work that is [...]

What exactly is “resilience”?  Does it mean the same thing as reliability?  This is a question that few people within the utility industry can answer, as there seems to be a lot of [...]

The utility industry is clearly evolving, and as such, there are some clear 2019 electric utility trends that must be incorporated into strategic planning and emergency preparedness [...]

Utility companies in every sector are facing the challenge of how to recruit and retain top talent.  Both are important, but employee retention might be the most important simply because this can [...]

New research indicates that average hurricane wind speeds and rainfall amounts are increasing thanks to climate change.  Recent hurricanes have had approximately 10% more rainfall compared to [...]

Similar to cutting the cable cord, many people are taking steps toward grid defection.  There are multiple reasons for this, including the rise of solar power, reduced tolerance for power [...]

One of the problems with large storms that’s not talked enough about is stormwater management.  More than 80% of the U.S. population lives in a community covered by a stormwater system, but [...]

Our country’s power grid is fragmented and somewhat outdated. Because of this, now would be a great time for the responsible parties to consider strategies for optimizing the network. One such [...]

A report published in November 2018 suggests that hackers can and will target internet-connected solar equipment in their efforts to compromise the electric grid.  And, according to the report, [...]