Industry Highlights

As I’m sure you know, the logistics tasks associated with power outage recovery are difficult to efficiently manage.  The good news is that automating certain pieces of the logistics function can [...]

Renewable natural gas (RNG) is a greener alternative to traditional natural gas.  Natural gas utilities that use RNG as a replacement for traditional natural gas can help counteract climate [...]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is making strides toward improving the predictive capability of its weather forecasting software.  On June 12, 2019, NOAA upgraded [...]

Most of us realize what a siren indicates, but for those who are deaf or hearing-impaired, visual emergency alerts are necessary.  Unfortunately, these “non-audio alerts” lack some of the [...]

Malware is a huge risk to utility companies because it is cheap and easy to deploy, highly effective, and utilities are top targets for state-sponsored hackers.  Malware actually shut down [...]

The distributed microgrid market is rapidly evolving.  I’ve written about microgrids before, and they remain an excellent way to utilize renewable energy sources and boost power grid resiliency [...]

I recently read a scathing opinion piece in Forbes regarding an impending natural gas shortage in New York state caused by what amounts to a de facto ban on new pipeline development.  As [...]

Believe it or not, heat waves kill more people in the U.S. than any other type of extreme weather.  At least 1,300 heat-related fatalities occur in the US each and every year, and this number is [...]

Infrastructure inspections – whether it’s transmission & distribution lines, natural gas infrastructure, dams or bridges – are an absolute necessity to help maximize reliability, which, as [...]

The 1986 Chernobyl event is widely considered to be the worst nuclear disaster our planet has ever seen, far worse than the 2011 Fukushima incident.  Over 500 million people were exposed to [...]