Industry: Utilities

Pandemic Utilities

How Will COVID-19 Impact Hurricanes and Disasters?

by Addison Shaw

The pandemic will add another layer of complexity to the responses of teams across the Caribbean and the Southeastern US. What are some of the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and other disasters mixing, and what can people do to prepare for natural disasters that occur during this pandemic?

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Pandemic Utilities

Achieving a Cross-Industry Emergency Response to COVID-19

by Veoci Staff Team Contribution

Emergency management plans no longer exist solely within a single municipality or organization. Now, every emergency management response from organizations across the country must take into account the entire general public. It's not enough to have individual plans and responses, we must all work as a unit to fight COVID-19.

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Communication & Collaboration Utilities

Preserving Institutional Knowledge in the Utilities Sector

by Veoci Staff Team Contribution

Staff turnover can often lead to a loss of essential knowledge about the inner workings of a utility, thus affecting the operations of the organization. However, by changing the way they preserve internal talent and by bolstering communication, utilities can limit the loss of institutional knowledge.

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Emergency Management Utilities

The Benefits of Cloud-Based Emergency Management

by Addison Shaw

Today's platforms are extremely robust, offering emergency managers multiple tools and flexibility during both daily operations and emergencies. And to do this, these platforms take advantage of today's most enabling computing technology, which includes the cloud.

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Emergency Management Utilities

Envisioning the Future of Emergency Management

by Addison Shaw

2020 will bring exciting things. Even in the absence of flying cars, the sci-fi writer's favorite year can still deliver shiny tech and new ideas. Nothing will be exempt, which means in 2020, or the following years, we may see some changes to emergency management. But what kind of changes do we see in the coming years?

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Emergency Management Utilities

Preparing for Winter Weather: Ice Storms

by Veoci Staff Team Contribution

Snow, sleet, ice, and freezing temperatures can halt our daily lives in their paths, affecting power, roads, and personal safety. However, with a few basic safety tips, civilians and utility companies alike can prepare for and recover from the harsh realities of winter weather.

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Communication & Collaboration Utilities

Limiting the Loss of Institutional Knowledge

by Addison Shaw

Oddly, this is where the issue we brought up earlier originates from. A significant portion of the workforce is aging, and their impending departures, coupled with their decades of experience in one role at an organization, create a new risk: the loss of institutional knowledge.

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Emergency Management Utilities

Questions to Ask about the PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff

by Addison Shaw

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), the California-based utility that provides service to almost two-thirds of the state, initiated a public safety power shutoff (PSPS) on October 9th to around 500,000-800,000 of its customers. Most of those customers reside in the northern part of the state in counties surrounding San Francisco and Sacramento. A lesser portion also resides around Los Angeles.

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Operations Management Utilities

How Vegetation Management Keeps the Grid Going

by Addison Shaw

Any possible outage instigators are always on the minds of utilities, too, and the reason for a handful of proactive programs, including vegetation management.

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