Industry Highlights

California is at the forefront of renewable energy, and in a few decades could potentially become the first state to build and maintain an all-renewable grid.  In fact, a mandate was recently [...]

CNBC comes out with some great stuff from time to time, and a recent article focused on the most important natural disaster jobs is no exception.  Although not directly related to utility outage [...]

A new study from the University of Delaware suggests that offshore wind power projects can help reduce hurricane precipitation, as well as hurricane winds and storm surges.  The study’s findings [...]

  I just read an interesting article about a radiation emergency drill, and as you may or may not know, whenever find an article that describes a unique exercise scenario, I like to share [...]

According to a recent research report, natural gas infrastructure is resilient to storm damage because it’s largely underground.  However, the report recommends improvements in terms of [...]

Lessons learned might be one of the most misused terms in emergency preparedness, because of the so-called lessons learned trap.  This is based on a very thought-provoking article from the Ottawa [...]

Columbia Gas President Steve Bryant made a crucial mistake during his press conference after the Columbia Gas explosions.  It’s important to take a hard look at his words, as several [...]

CrowdSource Rescue is a new web-based platform created in the spirit of emergency response.  It was most recently used in the Florida panhandle to locate people after Hurricane Michael, as the [...]

Recent hurricanes and tropical storms have resulted in a unique problem – the overflow of millions of gallons of untreated wastewater into areas surrounding treatment facilities, including into [...]

I still remember it well – all hell broke loose in March 2011 when the largest earthquake Japan has ever seen (magnitude 9.0) created an equally massive tsunami that leveled the country and [...]