Industry Highlights

NASA proposed a mitigation plan aimed at minimizing the negative impact of a supervolcano eruption at Yellowstone National Park.  You see, the huge magma chamber that lies underneath the [...]

Last month, millions of western Washington residents were awakened by a wireless emergency alert (WEA) warning of a widespread 911 outage.  The message simply said “widespread 911 outage in [...]

It’s critical to adopt and follow training best practices, especially in the utility industry.  For utilities in every sector, training – from functional training to emergency [...]

Chinese hackers are apparently the newest threat to US energy infrastructure.  As the late, great Yogi Berra once pontificated, it’s like déjà vu all over again! We’ve been hearing about [...]

I read an interesting article from Bridge Energy Group that advocates utilizing the so-called gig economy to replace retiring utility workers.  The gig economy involves work that is [...]

What exactly is “resilience”?  Does it mean the same thing as reliability?  This is a question that few people within the utility industry can answer, as there seems to be a lot of [...]

The utility industry is clearly evolving, and as such, there are some clear 2019 electric utility trends that must be incorporated into strategic planning and emergency preparedness [...]

Utility companies in every sector are facing the challenge of how to recruit and retain top talent.  Both are important, but employee retention might be the most important simply because this can [...]

New research indicates that average hurricane wind speeds and rainfall amounts are increasing thanks to climate change.  Recent hurricanes have had approximately 10% more rainfall compared to [...]

Similar to cutting the cable cord, many people are taking steps toward grid defection.  There are multiple reasons for this, including the rise of solar power, reduced tolerance for power [...]