Industry Highlights

The ways in which virtual power plants (VPPs) are being utilized in the utility industry are rapidly evolving, and will likely continue to do so thanks to the increased emphasis being placed on [...]

Power line management is obviously an important facet of electric utility operations, and this has certainly not gotten any easier during the coronavirus outbreak.  Between social distancing [...]

A 911 service outage wreaked havoc across much of the U.S. on June 15, 2020.  The root cause of the interruption was a network outage that occurred over much of the T-Mobile wireless [...]

It seems more and more states are considering a natural gas phaseout.  First it was California, then it was New York, and now Massachusetts is looking to follow suit.  In June 2020, the [...]

Last month, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) published a whitepaper contemplating the payment of transmission incentives to electric utilities that make smart, proactive grid [...]

In mid-June, PG&E was found guilty of 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the 2018 Camp Fire that took 84 lives and destroyed thousands of buildings. History Repeats for PG&E It’s [...]

A social media crisis can happen to any company, at any time, for any reason.  In the utility industry specifically, a prolonged power outage will undoubtedly lead to negative social [...]

It might seem counterintuitive, but the use of 3D printing is becoming more and more useful in the nuclear power industry.  The first successful 3D printed nuclear plant component was deployed in [...]

Scientists sounded the alarm bells in May 2020 regarding the risk of a massive Alaska tsunami occurring, spurred by the increased probability of a landslide in the Alaskan fjord known as Barry [...]

Many water utilities across the U.S. have moved rapidly to put new safety protocols in place to help manage the coronavirus pandemic.  It’s an impressive feat, because unlike electric utilities, [...]