Industry Highlights

Natural gas delivery was brought to a screeching halt for customers of MN-based Xcel Energy due to the extreme cold from the January 2019 polar vortex.  It just goes to show that although many of [...]

Florida Power & Light (FPL) is deploying new technology designed to boost reliability for its electric customers.  One particular type of technology the company is touting is something [...]

Electromagnetic pulse threats, which can be caused by a solar storm or a detonating nuclear missile, are a serious problem.  This is my main takeaway from President Trump’s March 2019 [...]

Aside from maybe a billing dispute, no one cares about their electric utility during so-called “blue sky days,” but during an outage, if storm recovery fails to meet customer and regulator [...]

Distribution line undergrounding is becoming an increasingly popular storm hardening tactic because it shields these lines from falling trees, vehicle accidents, ice accumulation, and high winds [...]

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has published a guide for homeowners designed to help them understand the impact that a natural disaster might have on their [...]

If the September 2018 Columbia Gas disaster is any indication, the impact of an emergency situation can extend far beyond the initial restoration effort.  Six months after the Columbia Gas [...]

March 28, 2019 was the 40th anniversary of the Three Mile Island partial core meltdown.  At the time, the event induced mass fear and panic, but was it really that serious?  Well, [...]

Flood water pumping is emerging as a viable solution for draining highly flooded areas.  This is welcome news, because during outages, flooded roadways represent a huge drag on utility [...]

Communication failures can doom even the best emergency response efforts.  Even if the best possible communication technology is utilized, if it lacks seamless integration with other systems and [...]