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By eileen
In Featured Highlights, Industry Highlights
Posted April 21, 2020

2019 CDC Drill Identified Pandemic Response Shortcomings

The year 2020 will likely be regarded in the annals of history as the year of the coronavirus, but ironically, a CDC drill conducted just 9 months prior to the outbreak foreshadowed the problems [...]

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By eileen
In Industry Highlights
Posted April 16, 2020

Number of Major Hurricanes Expected to be Above Average in 2020

Scientists from Colorado State University are predicting an above-average number of major hurricanes in 2020.  All told, the researchers have forecast that we will see 16 large storms, eight of [...]

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By eileen
In Industry Highlights
Posted April 14, 2020

PG&E Pleads Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter Over Camp Fire Concerns

PG&E announced in March 2020 that it has pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges stemming from the 2018 Camp Fire catastrophe, which completely leveled two towns and damaged a handful of [...]

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By eileen
In Industry Highlights
Posted April 10, 2020

Florida Adds Thousands of New Hurricane Shelter Spaces

The Florida Department of Emergency Management has spent $1.2 million to add a whopping 5,141 new hurricane shelter spaces in schools throughout the state.  These projects were financed by [...]

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By eileen
In Industry Highlights
Posted April 8, 2020

Pandemic Threatens Planned Nuclear Refueling Outages in 2020

Unlike other types of power plants, when it comes to nukes, nuclear refueling outages are critical.  According to the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), nuclear plants require a fresh batch of fuel [...]

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By eileen
In Industry Highlights
Posted April 6, 2020

Relief Shelters Present New Coronavirus Concerns

Relief shelters have traditionally been thought of as safe havens for displaced natural disaster victims, but thanks to COVID-19, these locations, which are typically setup in schools, churches, [...]

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By eileen
In Industry Highlights
Posted April 2, 2020

NERC Measuring Utility Coronavirus Readiness

The devastating coronavirus crisis is on everybody’s minds, including the leadership of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), which recently sent out a questionnaire to its [...]

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By eileen
In Industry Highlights
Posted March 30, 2020

Recycling Wind Turbine Blades Problematic

Efforts across the globe to combat climate change have resulted in a push for renewable energy sources, but when it comes to wind energy there is one nagging problem – recycling wind turbine [...]

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By eileen
In Featured Highlights, Industry Highlights
Posted March 26, 2020

Electric Utility Decentralization is Nothing to Fear

Electric utility decentralization is coming whether we like it or not.  Microgrids and other forms of distributed energy resources (DERs) are already growing in prominence and are predicted to [...]

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By eileen
In Industry Highlights
Posted March 24, 2020

The Problem of Legacy Thinking in the Utility Industry

Legacy thinking is problematic in the utility industry.  In essence, this refers to a resistance to change.  Although it’s human nature to dislike change, the industry – in fact, the world – is [...]

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