Industry Highlights

A team of scientists from the University of Auckland in New Zealand has invented a new volcano warning system designed to predict volcanic eruptions before they happen.  Although the system is [...]

California regulators are considering a proposal that would require the state’s utility companies to incorporate climate planning into their general rate cycles.  The idea is that this [...]

Thanks to climate change and the increasingly interconnected nature of our society, there is a growing need to adopt a national security emergency preparedness (NSEP) approach in the U.S.  This [...]

Wow, this is scary to say the least.  According to a new report from the EMP Task Force on National and Homeland Security, the prospect of electromagnetic pulse weapons taking down the grid is [...]

Rural electric cooperatives that own infrastructure across 21 states have landed some much-needed financing from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for infrastructure improvements.  [...]

Black & Veatch just published a very interesting survey entitled Strategic Directions: Water Report.  The survey, which involved 300 leaders in the water industry, reveals that industry [...]

The U.S. EPA has released a new ‘financial impact tool’ that water utilities can leverage to assess the cost and revenue impacts of COVID-19 on operations.  While the pandemic has not [...]

The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has developed a new disaster prediction tool – the All Hazards Analysis (AHA) software – which is designed to enhance emergency preparedness by helping [...]

Fuel cells could be a useful tool when it comes to emergency preparedness, as they hold promise for electric utilities when it comes to improving reliability and resiliency.  And anything that [...]

This story is straight out of a Sci-Fi movie!  Scientists are utilizing large swarms of robots, programmed to operate cooperatively and communally, to study how they interact and move.  [...]