Industry Highlights

A new 300-page strategic plan from the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) suggests that “minigrids” are the key to bolstering the island’s troublesome power grid.  The plan – called the [...]

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 [...]