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Wow, this is scary to say the least.  According to a new report from the EMP Task Force on National and Homeland Security, the prospect of electromagnetic pulse weapons taking down the grid is [...]

In mid-June, PG&E was found guilty of 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the 2018 Camp Fire that took 84 lives and destroyed thousands of buildings. History Repeats for PG&E It’s [...]

A social media crisis can happen to any company, at any time, for any reason.  In the utility industry specifically, a prolonged power outage will undoubtedly lead to negative social [...]

In May 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a hurricane pandemic plan entitled, COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance for the 2020 Hurricane Season.  While it does not [...]

The year 2020 will likely be regarded in the annals of history as the year of the coronavirus, but ironically, a CDC drill conducted just 9 months prior to the outbreak foreshadowed the problems [...]

Electric utility decentralization is coming whether we like it or not.  Microgrids and other forms of distributed energy resources (DERs) are already growing in prominence and are predicted to [...]

We all know that the U.S. power grid is akin to a fixer upper in the real estate market.  It was built in the 19th century to accommodate a dramatically lower level of demand, not to mention a [...]

There is an emerging technology called 4D printing that could potentially be used to improve the reliability of oil and natural gas pipelines.  This, in turn, could be a boon to power plants [...]

There were various Puerto Rico microgrids setup after Hurricane Maria, and they have been an absolute blessing for an island that simply can’t catch a break.  On January 7, 2020, a [...]

The Department of Energy (DOE) announced in November 2019 the allocation of $80 million over the next 3 years to cover the implementation of 23 grid modernization projects.  The announcement was [...]