Industry Highlights

Are planned outages a viable outage-reduction strategy?  According to PG&E – in addition to enhanced vegetation management, increased line inspections, and the deployment of sensors, [...]

If you’re anything like me, the importance of fire hydrants is typically not top-of-mind.  They are pervasive but sort of fade into the background of our landscapes, only rising in [...]

Urban planning is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about emergency preparedness, yet it is related to preparedness on multiple levels.  It’s true that the vast [...]

Yes, apparently it is possible to use goats to prevent forest fires.  A town in California that survived the 2018 fire devastation is pulling out all the stops to protect itself from a future [...]

A new study predicts that in 30 years, water service interruptions will become commonplace thanks to climate change.  This is an unusual angle when it comes to global warming, so let’s explore! [...]

Coal power has been getting a bad wrap in the U.S. for several years, thanks in large part to the increasingly enhanced desire for electricity from renewable energy sources.  As such, many coal [...]

Utilities leveraging apps for emergency restoration?  You better believe it! The rapid pace of technological innovation across all sectors of our society is incredible when you stop and [...]

PPE, which stands for personal protective equipment, is obviously important for utility crews in all sectors, whether it’s proper work boots, head gear, hand protection, or anything in between.  [...]

For those of us in the utility emergency preparedness space, safety trends are important to monitor.  In fact, safety might just be the most important element of emergency preparedness.  The good [...]

Many regional utility companies are planning utility infrastructure upgrades in 2019, not surprising considering the last couple of years have been extremely unkind to the utility industry.  The [...]