Industry Highlights

New York City, like many shoreline regions, is facing the prospect of increased coastal flooding in the future that will likely impact the city’s residents as well as the operations of its local [...]

Is a catastrophe fund the answer to California utilities’ fire exposure problem?  Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t, but it’s the most promising solution I’ve heard so far. The Catastrophe Fund [...]

Proactive outage management is far more efficient and effective than reactive tactics.  Obviously, step #1 of being proactive is having an emergency plan in place, but that simply represents [...]

As California has shown, battling forest fires is clearly easier said than done, but utilizing a so-called mesh network can help improve the effectiveness of these efforts.  This type of network [...]

I recently came across an excellent case study of a multi-year water utility emergency planning initiative, and I thought it was a great overview of how a typical water and wastewater utility [...]

Training simulations that incorporate elements of virtual or augmented reality might be the next great frontier for electric, water and gas utility emergency preparedness.  This type of [...]

The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) launched an extremely detailed and comprehensive radiation preparedness webpage in April 2019, designed to educate emergency [...]

Scientists have recently discovered that volcanic gas clouds can travel for miles and reach speeds of 400 miles per hour by essentially riding on air cushions, dramatically increasing the [...]

Mobile GIS (geographic information system) technology can make life easier for utility field crews during “blue sky days” and emergency situations.  This type of GIS deployment [...]

According to a recent simulation-based analysis, good old fashioned physical barriers like fences, concrete walls and armored shielding are better than high-tech solutions when it comes to power [...]