Industry Highlights

I read an excellent article that discusses the potential for machine learning to help electric utilities improve outage restoration metrics.  The key takeaway is that when it comes to this type [...]

The Columbia Gas explosions that occurred in Massachusetts on September 13, 2018 were devastating.  It was a tragic natural gas emergency, killing one person, injuring 25, destroying dozens of [...]

Hurricane Florence definitely packed a punch, but local officials and first responders performed admirably despite the massive amount of rain and flooding.  Evacuation alerts were deployed with [...]

We’ve all been hearing about the so-called digital utility for years, but up until this point it has been more fantasy than reality.  But now, the New York Power Authority (NYPA), which [...]

It’s no secret that climate change poses all kinds of risks and challenges for utilities in every sector, which is why climate change adaptation is necessary. For electric utilities, this [...]

There has been a substantial increase in Pennsylvania outages since 2015, an alarming trend that has the state’s residents and government officials looking for answers.  In 2017, the state had 50 [...]

According to researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio, GPS spoofing is the newest threat to the US power grid.  System hacking can happen in many ways, such as phishing employee [...]

The Clean Water Act addresses polluted waterways, but inexplicably there is no comparable vehicle when it comes to managing air pollution.  This is a problem.  Obviously, polluted air is bad for [...]

Although this post focuses on the water utility workforce, similar challenges exist across many companies and industries.  The problem is that Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964), which account for 23% [...]

New research reveals that water utilities are at risk of getting hacked due to vulnerabilities in smart irrigation systems.  Basically, smart irrigation systems, by virtue of their perpetual [...]