Industry Highlights

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, [...]

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 [...]