Industry Highlights

On Wednesday, 10/3/18, tens of millions of U.S. citizens received a text from the president as part of a test of FEMA’s Wireless Emergency Alert System (WEA).  The objective of the WEA is to send [...]

Emergency crews should be cognizant of how to deal with polluted floodwaters in order to preserve their health and safety.  This is just one of many challenges that crews must be aware of [...]

New advances in computer technology could push SCADA systems out of the way in favor of substation virtualization.  What is substation virtualization and how can it help emergency preparedness?  [...]

According to The Hill, the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) is currently in the process of being reauthorized, pending the normal negotiation that needs to happen within [...]

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 [...]