Industry Highlights

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 [...]

Satellite imagery is a critical element of emergency preparedness, as it can help predict when and where large natural disasters will occur.  This is crucial, because the frequency and severity [...]

I talk a lot about emergency preparedness on this blog, but I have never delved specifically into the world of dam emergency planning.  However, I just read an article that described how most [...]

Water utility climate resistance is critical for the future of society as we know it, according to a just-released report from the Government Accountability Office.  According to the report, [...]

We all know that the U.S. power grid is akin to a fixer upper in the real estate market.  It was built in the 19th century to accommodate a dramatically lower level of demand, not to mention a [...]

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is keenly interested in the benefits of virtualization and cloud services to help modernize the nation’s bulk power system and improve its [...]

The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) has teamed up with the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) to promote better emergency preparedness coordination across the wireless and [...]

A natural gas ransomware attack that occurred in February 2020 offers some critical insights that electric utilities can leverage to reduce the odds of being victimized by a similar attack.  [...]

An emerging technology that can create self-powered sensors looks promising in terms of helping utilities reduce the frequency of power outages.  In a nutshell, the technology can be used by [...]

There is an emerging technology called 4D printing that could potentially be used to improve the reliability of oil and natural gas pipelines.  This, in turn, could be a boon to power plants [...]