From January 30 – February 3, more than 220 utility partners and technology representatives kicked off UTC's series of yearly Regional meetings at the Utilities Technology Forum (Regions 8, 9, and 10) in Reno, NV. The weather...
source: UTC
Despite a global multibillion-dollar cybersecurity industry, the threat from malicious cyberactivity, from both criminal and state actors, continues to grow. While many cyber incidents are never reported by their victims, Verizon's 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report...
source: Foreign Affairs
Winter Storm Mara hit Texas early Feb. 1, bringing with it a heavy layer of ice that weighed down power lines and shattered tree limbs, triggering widespread outages. Reports have placed the number of outages at about 430,000 at peak, with the worst of the outages happening...
source: T&D World
An October 2020 ice storm that knocked out power to more than 300,000 customers was the kind of event that changed the way the electric company's asset management team looks at resiliency. Oklahoma experiences a significant ice event every decade or so, but this storm was...
source: T&D World
In a bid for grid security across the U.S., the Biden-Harris Administration is investing $2.7 billion to help 64 rural electric cooperatives and utilities expand and modernize the electric grid.
source: Smart Energy International
A team of researchers at Sandia National Laboratories created a computer model aimed at helping grid operators quickly restore power to the electric grid after a blackout. According to the Sandia scientists, the model combines a restoration-optimization model with a computer...
source: Smart Energy International
Microgrid developers are generally opposed to regulators' efforts to have developers create public utilities to serve multiuser microgrids. But one developer is forging ahead in D.C. under proposed regulations.
source: Microgrid Knowledge
With the broadband sector now flush with cash, another challenge has emerged: finding the fiber techs to do the job.
source: RCR Wireless News
Frontier Communications' multi-year fiber expansion roadmap calls for it to ramp deployments to hit 1.6 million new passings in 2023 and it looks like a decent chunk of those will be in West Virginia. The operator unveiled plans to invest $100 million to hit 100,000...
source: Fierce Telecom
Allete and Grid United plan to build a $2.5 billion, 385-mile high-voltage direct-current transmission line from central North Dakota to Colstrip, Montana, providing a link that would more than double the transfer...
source: Utility Dive
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission unanimously approved a set of incentives for Great River Energy to use on a $970 million transmission project in Minnesota and a $573.5 million project between Minnesota and...
source: Utility Dive
Uncertainty and opportunity in the Biden administration's infrastructure and climate bill incentives challenge regulators and utilities to plan smarter.
source: Utility Dive
Mergers and acquisitions have been a big trend in the broadband industry for several years. But recently, we saw a new twist, as one investment firm focused on broadband providers and on infrastructure such as data centers and cell...
source: Telecompetitor
Telcos that have been deploying fiber broadband are having a moment in the sun, finally reversing years of broadband subscriber losses to the cable companies. But will this last?
source: Telecompetitor
AT&T and Comcast are among the top six winners of broadband funding from the state of South Carolina announced Feb. 1. Thirteen other companies also won funding. In total $132.8 million was awarded. The funding will cover...
source: Telecompetitor
