Industry Highlights

A group of California water utilities is pushing the state’s legislators to shield the companies from paying for damages caused by forest fires.  The group, called the Coalition for Fire [...]

I read a very interesting article from powermag.com that discusses the virtues of reality capture as a means of improving the safety and efficiency of utility workers.  It can also enhance [...]

Oakland California, along with Alameda County, recently tested an earthquake early warning system facilitated via wireless emergency alerts (WEA).  About 40,000 residents received the alert [...]

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 [...]