Industry Highlights

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, [...]

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released statistics revealing that the average U.S. household experienced nearly six hours (5.8 hours to be exact) of power interruptions in 2018 [...]

Safety is always first, and compelling new research has come out that seems to reinforce the benefit of ensuring that all utility workers wear masks until the pandemic passes.  In fact, the [...]

I recently read an article from The Atlantic that dubbed the coronavirus outbreak as a “patchwork pandemic” due to its inconsistent spread across the U.S.  The inconsistency in the [...]

The dam failure that occurred on May 20, 2020, in Midland County, Michigan forced local officials and businesses to quickly implement their flood emergency plans.  This was critical in order to [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published a water utility pandemic checklist entitled, Incident Action Checklist – Pandemic Incidents.  The 8-page document is essentially [...]

In May 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a hurricane pandemic plan entitled, COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance for the 2020 Hurricane Season.  While it does not [...]

SCADA security must be an obsessive focus for all utilities, especially those in the power sector.  SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) is a type of Industrial Control System [...]

The Department of Energy (DOE) is investigating the use of energy storage technology, particularly thermal and chemical energy storage, to improve the reliability and cleanliness of fossil fuel [...]